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Table 4 The most salient species with more than 6 UR for a medicinal category in either country

From: Medicinal ethnobotany of wild plants: a cross-cultural comparison around Georgia-Turkey border, the Western Lesser Caucasus

Latin name

UR Georgia

UR Turkey

Skin

 Plantago major L.

38

65

 Urtica dioica L.

27

19

 Picea orientalis (L.) Peterm.

8

18

 Anthemis sp.

14

7

 Achillea millefolium L.

10

5

Digestive

 Picea orientalis (L.) Peterm.

8

21

 Plantago major L.

19

7

 Berberis vulgaris L.

8

14

 Anthemis sp.

18

2

 Sambucus ebulus L.

16

4

 Achillea millefolium L.

12

6

 Hyoscyamus niger L.

6

12

 Hypericum perforatum L.

9

3

 Quercus petraea subsp. iberica (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Krassiln

11

–

Respiratory

 Pinus sylvestris var. hamata Steven

18

2

 Tussilago farfara L.

17

–

 Picea orientalis (L.) Peterm.

9

1

 Helichrysum rubicundum (K.Koch) Bornm.

–

10

 Rosa spinosissima L.

–

7

Cardiovascular

 Gentiana septemfida Pall.

8

3

 Rosa spinosissima L.

2

7

Muscle and skeletal

 Urtica dioica L.

21

23

 Equisetum arvense L.

9

5

Genitourinary

 Rosa canina L.

9

–

 Plantago major L.

1

7