Original scientific paper

The Medicinal and Poisonous Herbal Species of Plešivica Hills (NW Croatia)

Dubravka Dujmović Purgar ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivanka Žutić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Gabrijela Vrbetić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Hrvoje Kezele ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Katarina Husnjak Malovec ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Ljubičić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

During the floristic research of different habitat types of Plešivica hills, the floristic composition has shown a great number of medicinal and poisonous plants with 186 taxa that belonged to 52 families. The most dominant families were Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae and Rosaceae. An interesting fact to be pointed out is a large number of plant species that are at the same time poisonous and medicinal. The difference between them is in plant organs or dosage. The highest number of species was noted on ruderal habitats such as roadsides, paths and hedges (137 species), sides of the ditches (94 species), vineyards (72 species), plough-fields (63 species), gardens (54 species) and meadows (48 species).

Keywords

medicinal plants; poisonous plants; life form; duration of life; phytogeographical elements; time of flowering

Hrčak ID:

193521

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/193521

Publication date:

28.12.2017.

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