o:3785 TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USE OF SILVER BIRCH IN THE PIROT DISTRICT (SERBIA) TRADICIONALNA LEKOVITA UPOTREBA BREZE U PIROTSKOM OKRUGU (SRBIJA) en A total of 631 informants were surveyed on the knowledge and use of medicinal plants, in the four municipalities of the Pirot District. Betula pendula (silver birch) was mentioned by 11 respondents for the following applications: against urinary tract inflammation, kidney and bladder diseases, gastric bacteria, kidney and bile sand, kidney and urinary tract diseases, prostate disease, proteins in the urine, and for kidney and urinary tract regeneration. The medicinal uses of silver birch leaves against gastric bacteria, as well as the use of the juice from birch tree for kidney and urinary tract regeneration can be considered novelties in our research because they were not mentioned in previously published ethnobotanical papers on the Balkans. Betula pendula, silver birch, medicinal use, Pirot District 1552099 10.5937/SustFor2388209M 1552101 1821-1046 2024-01-17T08:06:43.052Z 44 yes 46 Marija S. MARKOVIĆ 46 Biljana M. NIKOLIĆ 0000-0002-2436-8294 46 Dejan S. PLJEVLJAKUŠIĆ 46 Ljubinko B. RAKONJAC 0000-0002-8736-6771 46 Sonja Z. BRAUNOVIĆ 0000-0002-1387-6955 46 Filip A. JOVANOVIĆ 0000-0002-4143-2497 46 Vesna P. STANKOV JOVANOVIĆ application/pdf 261838 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:3785 no yes 16 70 1552253 Sustainable Forestry: Collection 87-88 209 216 Институт за шумарство, Београд, Србија 2023