Özet:

People have given various names to the elements that make up the environment they live. They have made various names to identify the plants in which they live in a great interaction. These names are varied depending on the mouth and language characteristics of the area experienced. Because of the historical processes that Anadolu passes, it carries traces of many different cultures. These traces and cultural diversity have also led to a rich diversity in the local designations of plants. It is of great importance that the richness of the local names of plants is transmitted verbally from generation to generation, and it is of great importance that it is recorded by scientific studies because there may be circumstances such as changing or disappearing over time. In our work prepared in this scope, the ethnobotanical research conducted between 2019-2020 in the villages in which the different ethnic groups with a rich cultural heritage are located in Samandere Valley (Düzce) and around it, the local people’s languages have identified the names of local plants and fungi and the names that differ according to the surrounding areas. According to this, the local names of 139 plant taxons of 56 families and 8 fungi taxons of 7 families, which are traditionally used in the field of research, have been recorded. Of these taxons, 109 are natural, 38 are cultural, and a total of 147 taxons have 264 local plant names and 13 local fungi names registered. The most commonly used approaches in the traditional designation of the identified plants and fungi have been determined to take advantage of the animal-like comparison and color characteristics.

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Özet:

People have given various names to the elements which make up the environment that they live. They also gave names to describe the plants which they interact greatly in their living environment. These nomenclatures have diversified depending on the dialect and language characteristics of the region. Anatolia bears the traces of many different cultures due to historical processes it went through. These traces and cultural diversity in the area have resulted a rich variety in the local nomenclature of the plants. Since the local naming of plants is transmitted verbally from generation to generation, possibility of changing or disappearing over time is very likely, thus it is very important to record these nomenclatures with scientific studies. Our study that is prepared in this context is a result of ethnobotanical research that conducted between 2019 and 2020 in the villages of Samandere Valley (Düzce) which have rich cultural heritage and different ethnic groups and its surroundings. In this study local plant usage diversity was determined, local plant and mushroom names diversified with the languages of these different ethnic groups were determined, and also name differing according to the regions were revealed and recorded. According to the data obtained, 139 plant taxa belonging to 56 families, 8 mushroom taxa belonging to 7 families were determined. Of these taxa, 264 plant and 13 mushroom local names belonging to 148 taxa, 109 of which are natural and 38 of which are cultivated plants, have been recorded. Also, it has been determined that the most common approach used in the traditional naming of the plants and mushrooms is by animal imitation and color features.