WOODY MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE ROSACEAE FAMILY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE DONETSK BOTANICAL GARDEN: INTRODUCTION RESULTS AND USING PROSPECTS
Lyudmila V. Kharkhota, Elena N. Vinogradova
Donetsk Botanical Garden, Donetsk, Russia
Keywords: Rosaceae, medicinal plants, State Pharmacopoeia, official species, introduction, Donetsk Botanical Garden
Abstract
Based on the results of an analysis of tree collection of the Rosaceae Juss. family of the Donetsk Botanical Garden (DBG), a list of medicinal plants, used for treatment in official and traditional medicine, was compiled. This list includes 58 species from 20 genera. The official medicinal plants include 18 species, 13 of them being pharmacopeial ones. Collection of the Rosaceae family has been formed mainly in the 1970s. Most of the species are long-lived, have been part of our collection for more than 50 years, have successfully adapted to the conditions of the region, bloom and bear fruit. The paper provides a brief description of official medicinal plants, 7 species among them belong to the natural flora of the region. For each species the history of introduction into our collection is described, the characteristics of bioecological features in the natural, climatic and environmental conditions of our region are given and the vital state is assessed. Most medicinal woody plants after successful introduction trials are widespread in green spaces of industrial cities in our region along with native species.
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