Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants in Suruç (Şanlıurfa-Turkey)

This study was carried out between 2019 and 2020 years and was carried out to determine the medicinal plants used by the local people in Suruç district and some villages. As a result of interviews with 50 informant people, 41 families and 78 taxa were identified. The demographic information of the informant people, the names of the local plants, the parts used and the preparation methods were searched and recorded. After the identification of the collected plants, they are kept in a herbarium at Harran University. In addition, the usage value of the scientific and local names of taxa was calculated and presented in a table. In our study, the families with the most taxa are; Lamiaceae 14 taxa (18%), Apiaceae 6 taxa (8%), Rosaceae 6 taxa (8%), Malvaceae 5 taxa (6%) Fabaceae taxa 4 (5%) and Asteraceae 4 taxa (5%). Genus with the most taxa; Mentha L. has 3 taxa, Alkanna Tausch, Hibiscus L., Lavandula L., Prunus L., Rosa L., Salvia L. and Teucrium L. have 2 taxa. Plants are mostly used by infusion and decoction. The parts of the plant most used for medicinal purposes; flowers, fruits, seeds, aboveground parts, whole plant, roots and leaves. Wild and cultivated plants in Suruç are traditionally used in the treatment of various diseases. As a result of our literature review, it has been observed that the plants used in Suruç are used in the treatment of similar or different diseases in different parts of our country.