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SEED MORPHOLOGY OF THE GENUS FRITILLARIA L. (LILIACEAE)
IN TURKEY
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Mehtap TEK�EN
Aksaray University, Sciences and Letters Faculty, Department of Biology, Aksaray m_teksen@yahoo.com
The seeds of 35 species and 6 subspecies of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) were studied
by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Seed morphology of the examined specimens
exhibits some variation in shape and size. Seed size ranges between 8-15 mm and 3-4.5 mm
lenght, 5-9 mm and 2.5-3.5 mm in width. They are elliptic, oblong, oblanceolate, obovate,
obovate-orbiculare, triangular. The results of SEM investigation of seed coat sculpturing also
revealed three distinct types of surface structure of the seeds, which are mainly correlated to
external morphology of the species. In addition, the unknown seed features of Fritillaria are
given for the first time here in detail.
Keywords: Fritillaria, Liliaceae, seed, micromorphology, SEM
EDIBLE WILD PLANTS AND THEIR CONSUMPTION DURING
WINTER IN A RURAL VILLAGE ON MOUNT IDA
Mihriban AHISKALI, Çi�dem ARI, Selami SELV�
Bal�kesir University, Alt�noluk Vocational School, Medical and Aromatic Plants Department
ahiskali1988@gmail.com, cigdem.ari@superonline.com, sselvi2000@yahoo.com
The objective of this study is to document wild edible plants in a village and report the
consumption habits of the inhabitants during winter to see their role in diet.
The current study is a student project carried out in a rural village on Mount Ida (Boztepe-
Ayvac�k-Çanakkale), with population 70-80. Twelve volunteer women participated in a
questionnaire; one was chosen as the main informant and took part in 5 field tours for
herbarium sample collection and photographic documentation in December 2009 and January
2010. The questionnaire consisted of 8 questions for each plant. Structured data for wild
plant consumption habits of villagers were collected. Additional non structured data were
also collected for common medicinal use of the selected plants.
Most of the 52 edibles were from Apiaceae and Asteraceae family. Almost all plants in the
questionnaire were identified with the same local name, edible parts were mostly
aboveground. Most of them were never purchased from local market. They were eaten alone
or together with other edible wild plants. Most of them were eaten boiled or sautéed with
onion. All of the plants were consumed at least 1-2 times, some more than 6 times a year.
The continuation of the tradition of gathering, and high number of edibles indicate their
significant role in local diet during winter. All participants agreed that the plants normally
come from olive orchards, that their numbers are decreasing and that the main reason for this
decrease is the increasing use of herbicides and the tilling of orchards.
Keywords: wild edible plants, Mount Ida, Çanakkale, eating habits, ethnobotany, Turkey
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