Morteza Farhadi
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Morteza Farhadi Et alDate of Receive: 2014/1/5Date of Accept: 2014/5/7Abstract:This is a model and map for studying Iranian plants which is provided as a result of long time researching of author and his fifteen interested, diligent and shrewd students. In this article the vegetative area of this ...
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Morteza Farhadi Et alDate of Receive: 2014/1/5Date of Accept: 2014/5/7Abstract:This is a model and map for studying Iranian plants which is provided as a result of long time researching of author and his fifteen interested, diligent and shrewd students. In this article the vegetative area of this plants in a quarter of Iran’s territory and the subculture of its picking and consumption especially in drought and famine periods are documented. The historically and linguistically meaningless name of Joghasem is explored and obtained up to more than its fifty synonyms in different provinces of Tehran, western and eastern Azarbayjans, Kermanshah, Ilam, and some parts of Zanjan, Isfahan, Hamedan and Markazi provinces. The article also ethnographically studies some samples of oral literatures, beliefs and norms which are related to this plant. By such small but deep field research, it provides some archaeological speculation. This field research also brings a new analysis about superstition. Before this, the dominant conception was that superstition is as the result of weak brains and the prevalence of related beliefs and behaviors. By this study it is clear now that most likely, at least some part of what is mentioned today as superstition is the result of advanced mind of the men of wisdom and society to control child, illiterates and fools of the age.
Manijeh Maghsoodi; Parvin Salehi
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Manijeh Maghsudi Parvin Salehi Date of Receive: 2013/4/6Date of Accept: 2013/8/1Abstract:This paper is the outcome of a research completed in the ethno-botany field. In this paper we have tried to discover and then register the indigenous knowledge of the residents of Ovan region by emphasizing on qualitative ...
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Manijeh Maghsudi Parvin Salehi Date of Receive: 2013/4/6Date of Accept: 2013/8/1Abstract:This paper is the outcome of a research completed in the ethno-botany field. In this paper we have tried to discover and then register the indigenous knowledge of the residents of Ovan region by emphasizing on qualitative method and using data collection techniques such as observation and interview.In this study we have tried to identify the wild plants (self-growing) that are used by the community in different forms i.e., nutrition, medicinal, and other various applications. Then we have collected and registered the required ethno-botanic information through specialized ethno-botanic questionnaires i.e., local names, Persian and Latin names, accessibility, the used parts, and how the plants are utilized.In this paper we have referred to 60 plant species in the region. The Herbarium researchers at Tarbiat Moalem University have identified these plants and registered their Latin names. Finally, the completed Herbarium has been put at the disposal of Tarbiat Moalam University so that other scholars and researchers could use it.Among the variety of plants that have been identified in this region we could name different garden plants i.e., sour cherry, almond, oleaster, jujube, hazel-nut, walnut and etc.; and herbaceous plants (self-growing weeds) i.e., milk vetch (astragalus), acanthus, licorice, etc.; also among the plants that grow alongside rivers and inside the Ovan lake we could name river bamboo, watercress, and stream peppergrass.