Medicinal Plants of Bazarjan Region (Tafresh, Markazi Province, Iran)

The identification of medicinal plants has always been of practical use for human or people. Such studies have already been carried out in several areas of Iran. In this research, the medicinal plants used in Bazarjan area were investigated for the first time. First, the floristic survey of Bazarjan was carried out. Then, the species from which medicinal knowledge would be obtained were identified. The methods included field methods and the use of reliable scientific resources. To gather medicinal properties of plants local in habitats of the whole area for uniformity. The herbarium sampled of the studied plants are deposited in Kharazmi University. In this research, 33 species of medicinal plants were idetified. The biggest families included Asteraceae, Brassicaceae and Lamiaceae in turn. The medicinal plant species were found to comprise 10.54 % of the whole flora of the area. Of the different applications of medicinal plants in Bazarjan, we could point to antipyretic, diuretic, expectorant, stomachic and tonic could be mentioned.