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Traditional feed for animals - the ethnobotanical aspects of using plants in the Mediterranean part of Croatia

In Mediterranean part of Croatia domestic animals are kept in the open area for most of the year, and the wild growing plants are traditionally and largely used for nutrition and the prevention of animal health. The data presented here has been collected through several years of field interviewing mostly elderly local indigenous population at individual locations in Istria and in the Dalmatian Zagora area during the period 2015- 2018. The goal of the study was to document for the first time traditional knowledge about wild growing plants traditionally used for animal nutrition also note the local plant names. Results show the most common plant species used for animal nutrition: Crithmum maritimum L. (motar, pazdac, šćulac, rompisano), Clematis vitalba L. (povitina, trtorina, trtor, trtina, trta, trtvina, škrabutina), Arum italicum Mill. (strtok, kozlac), Ruscus aculeatus L. (kataroška, fraterska šparožina), Urtica dioica L. (kopriva, pokriva), Hedera helix L. (bršljan, bršljen), Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. (brdej) ect. The rhizomes from the species Iris illirica Tomm. and I. germanica L. was used to enhance animal immunity, and against the diarrhea the leaves of Rumex acetosa L. (šćav) and Amaranthus retrofexus L. (divlji šćir) seeds were used. These data will contribute to the preservation of traditional ecological knowledge, education of the population and the reintroduction of the forgotten use of wild growing plants in animal nutrition, prevention and preservation of animal health. The collected plant taxa are herbarized, digitized and are available in ZAGR Virtual herbarium (http://herbarium.agr.hr/).

traditional plant use, wild growing plants, animal feed, folk medicine, Mediterranean

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