BACKGROUND To best of our knowledge, this is the first quantitative ethnobotanical study with the aim of documenting the local knowledge and practices of using plants for curing diseases in the Cava de' Tirreni area, Salerno Province, Campania Region, Italy. The present ethnobotanical field study, carried out during 2016-2017, documents the local uses of 119 plant species for medicinal, food and domestic purposes. METHODS Ethnobotanical data were documented from 70 informants: field data were collected and information on the uses of plants was gathered through semi-structured and structured interviews with persons who still retain traditional ethnobotanical knowledge. Documented data were evaluated using the quantitative ethnobotanical index of use value (UV). RESULTS Overall, the informants native of the area were interviewed and 277 use-reports have been recorded. The scientific names, local names, plant part used, preparation and administration processes are reported and compared with practices in other Southern Italian regions. In total, 101 species are documented as medicinal, 36 as food or food aromatizer, 29 for domestic and handicraft uses, 10 in veterinary medicine. More or less 64% of all species have more uses and over half of the food plants (23 species) are also used for medicinal purposes. CONCLUSIONS The comparison of the documented species and their uses with ethnobotanical literature of other Italian regions reveals that the traditional plant knowledge in this area shows strong similarities with adjacent Southern Italian areas. Some of the recorded species and administration processes however seem to be unique for the zone.

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意大利南部卡瓦德蒂雷尼地区的植物学研究。

背景技术据我们所知，这是第一项定量人类植物学研究，旨在记录意大利坎帕尼亚地区萨勒诺省卡瓦德蒂雷尼地区使用植物治病的当地知识和实践。当前的民族植物学实地研究于2016-2017年进行，记录了119种植物在当地的药用，食品和家庭用途。方法从70名被调查者那里记录了植物学数据：通过半结构化和结构化访谈与仍然保留传统植物学知识的人员进行了访谈，收集了田间数据，并收集了有关植物用途的信息。使用定量的人类植物学使用价值指数（UV）评估记录的数据。结果总体而言，对该地区的原住民进行了采访，并记录了277使用报告。报告了科学名称，当地名称，使用的植物部位，制备和管理过程，并将其与意大利南部其他地区的做法进行了比较。总共记录了101种药用植物，36种用作食品或食品增香剂，29种用于家庭和手工业，10种用于兽医。大约64％的物种有更多用途，一半以上的食用植物（23种）也用于药用。结论将所记录的物种及其用途与意大利其他地区的民族植物学文献进行比较后发现，该地区的传统植物知识与意大利南部地区具有很强的相似性。