o:3696 89. Traditional use of wild apple (Malus sylvestris) in the Pirot District (Serbia) - Традиционална употреба дивље јабуке (Malus sylvestris) у Пиротском округу (Србија) en "A total of 633 informants were surveyed on the knowledge and use of wild fruit species, and 631 informants on knowledge and use of medicinal plants, in the four municipalities of the Pirot District: Pirot, Babušnica, Bela Palanka, and Dimitrovgrad. Wild apple was mentioned by 316 respondents, i.e. 49.92% of the total number of respondents, according to the first questionnaire. According to the second questionnaire, two respondents reported the internal use of wild apple fruit in the form of vinegar against high cholesterol, one respondent reported the use of the flower in the form of infusion against urinary tract inflammation, and one respondent reported the use of fresh fruit for circulation. The use against high cholesterol, as well as against urinary tract inflammation, can be considered novelties in our research because they were not mentioned in previously published ethnobotanical papers on the Balkan Peninsula." Malus sylvestris, wild fruit species, medicinal use, Pirot District 1552101 2812-751X 1552099 https://doi.org/10.46793/EtnBot23.085M 2024-01-12T09:14:21.638Z 44 yes 46 Marija S. Marković 0000-0002-6070-6844 46 Dejan S. Pljevljakušić 46 Biljana M. Nikolić 0000-0002-2436-8294 46 Sonja Z. Braunović 0000-0002-1387-6955 46 Vesna P. Stankov Jovanović 46 Ljubinko B. Rakonjac 0000-0002-8736-6771 application/pdf 466803 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:3696 no yes 1 70 1552253 ЕТНОБОТАНИКА 3, Тематски зборник са националног скупа: Second conference about medicinal and wild-growing edible plants, Pirot, Serbia, September, 22-24.2023, Пленарно предавање 3 85 101 "Истраживачко друштво „Бабин нос“, Темска, Пирот Институт за шумарство, Београд Штампарија „Свен“, Ниш" 2023