MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE ASTERACEAE FAMILY IN THE FLORA OF KARAKAL, PAKSTAN
OLIM K. KHOJIMATOV
Institute of the Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
GULNARA J. ABDINIYAZOVA
Karakalpak Branch of the Academy of Sciences, Karakalpak Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Laboratory of Plant Ecology, (Nukus), Republic of Uzbekistan.
L. A. BAXIEVA *
Department of Biology, Karakalpak State University, Berdah, Nukus, Republic of Uzbekistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The flora of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan consists about 1110 species [1] of vascular plants due to its biogeographically features, which make a center of medicinal plant diversity. About species of medicinal plants have been used in traditional medicine, but according to last research we can confirm that in Karakalpakstan there are 444 species growing, which are supposed to be medicinal [2].
Keywords: Karakalpakstan, medicinal plants, Asteraceae, ethnobotany