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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2014.32.3.250

The Regional Folk Plants in Jeollabuk-do Province, Korea  

Chun, Young-Moon (Department of Biology, Sunchon National University)
Park, Moon-Su (Department of Forest Resources, Sunchon National University)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.32, no.3, 2014 , pp. 250-262 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out from March 2013 to July 2014 with the aim of examining folk plants used in Jeollabuk-do Province. The analysis of 885 surveys collected from 59 residents of 11 cities and counties shows that a total of 154 taxa composed of 137 genera, 140 species, 2 subspecies and 12 varieties belonging to 66 families are currently used in the province. Regionally, Wanju had the greatest variety with 135 taxa, followed by Gochang with 128, Muju with 104, and Jinan with 103. In terms of their use, the plants were most frequently used as food and medicine, with 112 taxa of edible, 62 taxa of medicine, 4 taxa of ornamental, 3 taxa of dye, 3 taxa of oil, 1 taxa of aroma, 1 taxa of sap, 1 taxa of spice, and 9 taxa of miscellaneous use. Regarding plant parts, leaves were used most often, followed by fruits, stems and roots. The coincidence degree between the standard names of plants and their local names was the highest in Muju at 59.4%, followed by Wanju at 51.8%, Buan at 51.0%, Gochang at 50.4% and Jinan at 46.3%. The information on how to use folk plants was almost always orally transmitted.
Keywords
folk plants; local name; Jeollabuk-do; vascular plants;
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