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This study was carried out in Artvin/Tütüncüler Village in 2016-2017 vegetation period in order to determine the natural plants used by the local people. A face-to-face questionnaire was applied with 49 informants, 32 women and 17 men. Identification of 43 plant taxa belonging to 23 families has been confirmed. Present study recorded that these plant taxa are mostly used for various diseases, such as digestive, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurological, respiratory, skin, urological and female genital. The collected data was analyzed quantitatively using two indices: use-value and Factor Informant Consensus (FIC). The highest use-value was recorded for Fragaria vesca L. (0.91), and the greatest informant consensus factor value (0.88) was observed in gynecological diseases. Infusion was the most popular traditional method of using medicinal herbs (22 taxa). The usage parts of these plants are; leaf, flower, fruit, root and aerial parts and the most used of the plant parts were the aerial parts (20 taxa). The most used families were Lamiaceae (5 taxa), Fabaceae and Rosaceae (4), Asteraceae and Polygalaceae (3).
Arzu Ergül Bozkurt (Sat,) studied this question.