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SEED CHARACTERISTICS AND TESTA TEXTURES OF SECTION
PRATENSIS FROM LATHYRUS L. (FABACEAE) IN TURKEY
Ayla EREN 1 & Fatma GÜNE� 1
1) Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey,
ayla.eren@hotmail.com
The seed morphologies and testa properties of 5 taxa (L. pratensis L., L. layardii J., L.
laxiflorus (Desf.) O. Kuntze subsp. laxiflorus, L. laxiflorus subsp. angustifolius (Post ex
Dinsm.) Davis, L. czeczottianus Bässler belonging to the Pratensis section of the genus
Lathyrus that can widely be found in Turkey have been analyzed. The morphological
properties to be measured included seed size, general shape, surface shape, color and hilum
length. The testa patterns (papillae length, papillae density, ribbed and waxy layer) were
examined using scanning electron microscope (SEM). In addition, some photographs
included in this study were taken using both stereo-microscope and scanning
electron microscope (SEM).
Keywords: Lathyrus, Section Pratensis, seed morphology, testa texture, Turkey
SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN MARMAR�S (MU�LA)
DISTRICT
Bahar GÜRDAL¹, �ükran KÜLTÜR¹
¹Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Istanbul
bahar_ps@yahoo.com, s_kultur@istanbul.edu.tr
This study is a part of the master thesis “An Ethnobotanical Study in Marmaris District
(Mu�la) ”. Marmaris is located in South-West Anatolia. This study have been carried out
from December 2008 to February 2010. Questionnaires were filled with the local people’s
knowledge and plant samples were collected with informants. Each collected material has
been deposited as a herbarium specimen in ISTE (The Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy
of �stanbul University). Forty traditional medicinal plants from Marmaris (Mu�la) district in
Turkey have been reported. Among them 31 species are wild and 9 species are cultivated
plants. In this poster presentation will be demonstrated medicinal plants which are mostly
used for cold, flu, cough as Matricaria chamomilla, Mentha pulegium, Salvia fruticosa,
Sideritis leptoclada, Rosmarinus officinalis, Lavandula stoechas, Anthemis chia used for
stomachache, ulcer as Cistus creticus, Cistus salviifolius, Momordica charantia, Hypericum
empetrifolium, Junglans regia, Origanum onites, Phlomis lycia, Satureja thymbra, Laurus
nobilis, Malva sylvestris and used for kidney stones as Vitex agnus-castus, Paliurus spinachristi.
Keywords: Ethnobotany, Marmaris, Medicinal plants, Mu�la, Turkey
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