An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in the Hawraman region, southern Kurdistan, Iraq. A total of 64 plant species belonging to 30 families are currently utilized in various traditional uses, including local foods, medicines, tools, gums, fodder, tanning, and dyes, among others. Data were gathered from local markets, where various plant parts were sold, as well as from interviewing elderly villagers. For each ethnobotanical entry, the species, plant family, and Kurdish names are given.
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30 June 2015
Ethnobotany of the Hawraman Region of Kurdistan Iraq
Saman A. Ahmad,
Ali A. Askari
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Harvard Papers in Botany
Vol. 20 • No. 1
June 2015
Vol. 20 • No. 1
June 2015
ethnobotany
Hawraman
Iraq
Kurdistan