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eISSN: 2582-8185 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Edible and medicinal plants in some communities of Dusheti municipality (East Georgia, Caucasus)

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Nino Eradze 1, Nikoloz Lachashvili 1, 2, Tamar Nadiradze 3, *, Rosa Bidzinashvili 1, Neli Tskhadadze 1 and Ineza Maisaia 1, 2

1 Ethnobotany Department of the National Botanical Garden of Georgia #1 Botanikuri St., 0108 Tbilisi, Georgia.
2 Institute of Botany of Ilia State University; #1 Botanikuri str., 0114 Tbilisi, Georgia.
3 Department of Agricultural, Natural Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Agricultural, Natural Sciences and Technologies, Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University, #1 Kartuli Universiteti str., 2200 Telavi, Georgia.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(01), 1014–1022
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.1.1158
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.1.1158
 
Received on 06 March 2024; revised on 12 April 2024; accepted on 15 April 2024
 
Plants used for food and medicinal purposes by the local residents in different communities of Dusheti municipality of Mtskheta-Mtianeti region have been studied. Surveys have been conducted in 4 communities - Choporti, Bazaleti, Ananuri and Mchadijvari, which unite 51 villages. Edible plants were divided into two main groups: cultural and wild plants. Both groups unite herbaceous as well as woody plants. 37 species of cultural herbaceous and 20 species of woody plans used for food have been identified. Wildly growing edible plants include 27 species (13 species of herbaceous and 14 woody plants). Local residents mainly use wild plants for medicinal purposes, including 13 herbaceous and 13 woody plants. The variety of cultural plants used for medicinal purposes is relatively less (4 herbaceous and 3 woody plants). The research revealed the process of genetic erosion of aboriginal and endemic species and varieties of plants in the studied communities. The local population has almost completely switched to the use of modern high-yielding and widespread crops and varieties. Compared with the other crops, local varieties of fruit trees are more preserved, while vegetables and grain crops are represented almost entirely by foreign varieties. This process originates from the Soviet period and continues for the last 30 years.
 
Cultural and wild plants; Species; Varieties; Use of plants
 
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Nino Eradze, Nikoloz Lachashvili, Tamar Nadiradze, Rosa Bidzinashvili, Neli Tskhadadze and Ineza Maisaia. Edible and medicinal plants in some communities of Dusheti municipality (East Georgia, Caucasus). World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(1), 1014-1022. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.1.1158

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