info:eu-repo/semantics/article Ethnobotanical use of plants from the genus Galium in the Pirot District Centaurium erythraea, traditional medicinal use, Pirot District (Centaurium erythraea, традиционална лековита употреба, Пиротски округ) Marković, Marija S. Pljevljakušić, Dejan S. Pančić, Anđela S. Rakonjac, Ljubinko B. Nikolić, Biljana M. Stankov Jovanović, Vesna P. All rights reserved eng The subject of this paper was the investigation of the ethnobotani cal application of plants from the genus Galium in the Pirot District (South eastern Serbia). The study was conducted in the form of surveys among the rural population in four municipalities. The mentioned plant species from respondents were G. aparine, G. odoratum and G. verum. The use of G. odo ratum against bile disease was mentioned. Both G. aparine and G. verum are used for the treatment of inflammation of the oral cavity. G. aparine is additionaly useful for the treatment of cardiac diseases, and cancerous disea ses. G. verum is also useful against fainting, hoarseness, kidney and bladder diseases, skin diseases, and diabetes. The mentioned ethnopharmacological uses of G. aparine, and uses of G. verum against fainting, inflammation of oral cavity, hoarseness, and diabetes, as well as the ritual use of G. verum against evil eye for women are different and new in presented investigation in comparison with previously conducted ethnobotanical studies in Serbia and Balkan Peninsula. https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:3627 doi:10.5937/pirotzbor2348191M cobiss:https://doi.org/10.5937/pirotzbor2348191M ISSN: 0554-1956 2023 Народна библиотека Пирот Пиротски зборник 48(191) application/pdf 534484 bytes