Title : Food plants of Bartang valley, GBAO, Tajikistan and their medicinal and economic importance
Abstract:
Bunium persicum, Galagania fragrantissima, Rheum maximowiczii, Aconogonon coriarium, Daucus carota are widely used by locals. Some wild plants, such as Chenopodium album, Portulaca oleracea, Capparis herbaceae were widely used by ancient locals. The tradition of preparation food from these plants is still kept in Bartang valley. During delivery women are feeded with flour soup where the infusion of Achillea filipendulina and A. biebersteinii flower and arial parts of Nepeta glutinosa is added. In the territory of Bartang valley also grow many aromatic plans like Carum carvi, Angelica ternata, Ziziphora pumiroalaica, Z. tenuior, Asperugo procumbens, Juniperus schugnanica, Ribes meyeri, R. jancewski, Melilotus officinalis, Taraxacum officinale, Bunium persicum, B. badachschanicum, Mentha arvensis, M. asiatica, which are used as supplemental agents to main food. Other groups of plants are used as tea. These groups include Hypericum perforatum, Incarvillea olgae, Ziziphora pamiroalaica, Z. interrupta, Z. tenuior, Potentilla orientalis, Rumex crispus, Cichorium intybus, Chamerion angustifolium, Taraxacum officinale ect. Beside there grow many vitamin containing plants such as Elaeagnus orientalis, Ribes janczewskii, R.meyeri, Berberis nummularia, B. integerrima, Rosa beggerana, R. huntica, Hippophae rhamnoides, Urtica dioica, Sorbus turkestanica, Cerasus verrucosa, Eremurus korshinskyi, E.ambigens ect, widlely used by locals. Food plants used by local people of Bratang valley have high economic value. Plants from genus Rosa, Ferula, Nepeta, Bunium, Ziziphora, Angelica, Ribes are widely sold in the local market. Local people cover seasonal expences of their family budget by selling these group of plants.
The research reviled that the level of anthropogenic factor is very high in the region and many food plants like species form genus Angelica, Ferula, Bunium, Ribes are threatened. Therefore mitigation measures including presenting the list of endangered plants to respective Government department, awareness raising trainings among the local community with the purpose of Biodiversity conservation is essential.
