ETHNOBOTANICAL INFORMATION ON THE USE OF NATURAL MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK MEDICINE IN KARAKALPAKSTAN
G. J. ABDINIYAZOVA
Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Biological Sciences (Nukus), Karakalpak Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Karakalpak Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Uzbekistan.
L. A. BAXIEVA *
Department of Biology, Karakalpak State University, Berdaha Nukus, Uzbekistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The article analyzes ethnobotanical data on the use of natural medicinal plants in Karakalpakstan. Currently, there are 63 families of naturally growing medicinal plants in the region, 444 species belonging to 240 genera, which is 40% of the total flora. The use of herbs identified in the course of interviews with physicians in the form of questionnaires on the use of these medicinal plants in folk medicine.
Keywords: Karakalpakstan, natural medicinal plants, life forms, local names, used parts doctors, disease, ethnobotany.