Medicinal plants of the Tomsk region and possibilities of their application

Abstract

As a result of the analysis of the distribution of wild medicinal plants on the territory of the Tomsk region, a list of species used for medical treatment has been formed. The list includes 129 species of medicinal plants belonging to 110 genera and 37 families. The most rich in the composition of medicinal plants used for the treatment of various diseases are the following families: Asteraceae, Ranunculaceae, Apiaceae, Rosaceae, Liliaceae, Brassicaceae, Boraginaceae. Out of 129 species of medicinal plants, 91 species are used in folk medicine, 31 species belong to official medicinal plants, and 27 species are poisonous. In most species, the aboveground part is used (70 species), in 29 species, the underground part is used, in the rest of the plants, separate organs of the aboveground or underground part are used. Of the entire list of medicinal plants, 36 species can be classified as frequently occurring, 20 species as common, 29 species as rare and very rare, and the remaining species are infrequent and rare.