Skip to main content

Table 5 Human and domestic animal nutrition and veterinary medicine use of plant species of the Aleksinac and Bor districts

From: Small regions as key sources of traditional knowledge: a quantitative ethnobotanical survey in the central Balkans

Scientific name

Part of the plant

Type of preparation

Human nutrition

Veterinary purposes

Animal nutritionSS

Aleksinac

Bor

Aleksinac/Bor

Aleksinac

Bor

Aleksinac/Bor

Aleksinac

Bor

Aleksinac/Bor

Aleksinac

Bor

Aleksinac

Bor

Aleksinac/Bor

Achillea millefolium

 

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

As spice

      

Agrimonia eupatoria

Whole plant

  

Fresh

     

Against udder inflammation in cows (mastitis)

    
 

Aerial parts

  

Fresh

     

Against udder inflammation in cows (mastitis)

    
 

Fruits

  

Fresh

     

Against udder inflammation in cows

    

Allium ursinum

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

As salad

       
    

Dry

  

As spice

       

Asarum europaeum

 

Leaves

     

Spice for cooked beans

      

Calendula officinalis

 

Flowers

  

Fresh

  

As salad

      

Cichorium intybus

Whole plant

  

Decoction

     

Against diarrhea in pigs

    
 

Roots

  

Decoction

     

Against diarrhea in domestic animals

    

Cornus mas

  

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

As fruit

     
      

Processed

 

Juice, jam, Serbian delicacy “slatko,” marmalade, for cookies

Pekmez

     
    

Tincture

  

Liqueur

       

Corylus colurna

 

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

As food

      

Crataegus monogyna

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

Used in diet

       

Cydonia oblonga

Fruits

  

Processed

  

Serbian delicacy "slatko”

       
 

Leaves

  

Decoction

     

Against diarrhea in domestic animals

    

Cynodon dactylon

Aerial parts

  

Fresh

       

Food for domestic animals

  

Equisetum arvense

 

Aerial parts

  

Infusion

     

Against diseases in pigs

   
  

Shoots

  

Infusion

     

Diseases in piglets

   

Fragaria vesca

 

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

As fruit

      
     

Processed

  

Serbian delicacy “slatko,” juice, for ice cream, jam

      

Helleborus odorus

 

Whole plant

  

Fresh, revetment

     

Swollen udder in sheep

   
 

Roots

  

Fresh

     

"natravuvanje"

    
    

Dry

     

"natravuvanje"

    

Juglans regia

Fruits

     

Used in diet

       

Lotus corniculatus*

 

Aerial parts

          

Meadow hay, livestock nutrition, used as food for domestic animals

 
  

Whole plant

          

For domestic animals as food

 

Lysimachia nummularia

 

Leaves

  

Fresh

       

Livestock nutrition

 

Lythrum salicaria

Flowering aerial parts

  

Infusion

     

Against diarrhea in pigs

    

Malus sylvestris

  

Fruits

 

Fresh

  

Used in diet as fruit

      
      

Processed

  

Homemade vinegar

     
     

Dry

  

Used in diet as dried fruit

      

Melissa officinalis

  

Leaves

  

Processed

  

Juice

     
     

Fresh

  

As spice for broth

      

Origanum vulgare

 

Aerial parts

     

As spice

      

Physalis alkekengi

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

As fruit

       
    

Processed

  

Serbian delicacy “slatko”

       

Plantago lanceolata

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

As salad

       

Plantago major

  

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

As salad

     
     

Fresh, revetment

     

Open wounds (dogs and cats)

   

Polygonum aviculare

  

Leaves

  

Fresh

      

As food for canary

 
            

Used in animal diet

  

Prunella vulgaris

Flowering apical parts

  

Infusion

     

Cow eyes treatment by flushing

    

Prunus spinosa

  

Fruits

  

Fresh

Food supplement in crystallized honey

 

As fruit

     
     

Processed

  

Jam, juice, compote

      

Pyrus pyraster

 

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

As fruit

      
     

Dry

  

As dried fruit

      

Quercus cerris

 

Fruits

  

Dry

  

Flour, coffee

      

Robinia pseudoacacia

 

Flowers

  

Fresh

  

Fresh flowers are nibbled

      
     

Processed

  

Juice, Serbian delicacy "slatko", honey, as food (breaded) ▲

      

Rosa canina

  

Fruits

 

Fresh

  

As fruit

      
      

Processed

 

Juice, wine, pekmez

Jam

     
  

Petals

  

Processed

  

Serbian delicacy "slatko"

      

Rubus plicatus*

 

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

As fruit

      
     

Processed

  

Serbian delicacy"slatko", juice, jam, for cookies, wine, marmalade

      

Rubus ulmifolius

Fruits

  

Processed

  

Juice, Serbian delicacy "slatko"

       

Rumex acetosa

 

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

As salad, fresh leaves are nibbled

      
     

Processed

  

Broth, salt pie, cooked dish

      

Rumex crispus

Whole plant

  

Decoction

     

Against diarrhea in domestic animals

    

Rumex patientia

 

Seeds

  

Infusion

     

Against diarrhea (pigs and cows)

   
  

Leaves

  

Processed

  

Salt pie, broth, fried dish

      
     

Fresh

       

Used in animal diet

 

Sambucus nigra

  

Fruits

Fresh

  

Used in diet

       
      

Processed

Compot

Jam

Serbian delicacy "slatko"

     
   

Flowers

  

Processed

  

Juice

     

Satureja subspicata

 

Aerial parts

     

As spice

      

Sempervivum tectorum

 

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

Fresh leaves are nibbled

      

Sorbus aucuparia

 

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

As food

      
     

Processed

  

Wine, marmalade, rakija

      
     

Dry

  

As dried fruit

      

Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia

  

Flowers

  

Processed

 

Serbian delicacy "slatko", breaded as food

Dandelion "honey"

     
  

Peduncle

  

Fresh

  

Used in diet

      
  

Peduncle and leaves

  

Fresh

  

As salad

      
   

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

As salad

     

Thymus serpyllum

 

Whole plant

  

Dry

  

As spice

      
  

Aerial parts

  

Fresh

  

As spice for chicken and turkey meat

      
  

Flowers

     

As spice

      

Tilia platyphyllos

 

Trunk

  

Infusion

     

Against diarrhea in livestock

   
  

Flowers

  

Processed

  

Juice

      
  

Leaves

  

Fresh

  

Fresh leaves are used for traditional Serbian food sarma

      

Trifolium pratense

 

Flowers

  

Fresh

  

Fresh flowers are nibbled

      

Trifolium repens

 

Flowers

  

Fresh

  

Fresh flowers are nibbled

      
  

Whole plant

          

As food for domestic animals

 
  

Aerial parts

  

Fresh

       

Animal diet

 
     

Dried

       

Animal diet

 

Urtica dioica

  

Aerial parts

  

Fresh

     

Food for turkeys

 

Food for pigs

     

Processed

  

Juice, broth, salt pie

      
   

Apical parts

Fresh

  

Salad, rolled in small balls and swallowed, fresh leaves are added to homemade juices to enrich them with iron

       
      

Processed

 

Fried dish, salt pie, broth, cooked dish

Juice

     
  

Apical parts and leaves

  

Processed

  

Fried dish

      
   

Leaves

  

Processed

 

Fried dish, cooked dish, salt pie, juice, for bread

Broth

     
        

As spice

      

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

 

Fruits

  

Fresh

  

Used in diet as fruit

      
     

Processed

  

Liqueur

      

Verbascum thapsus

Whole plant

  

Decoction

     

Against warts on cows' udder

    

Verbena officinalis

Aerial parts

  

Fresh

     

Udder inflammation in cows▲

    

Vicia cracca*

 

Whole plant

  

Fresh

       

Used in animal diet

 
  

Aerial parts

  

Dry

       

Used as food for domestic animals, meadow hay

 

Xanthium spinosum*

Aerial parts

  

Decoction

     

Against diarrhea (pigs)

    
  1. * First time mentioned usage in Serbia; ▲ New usage of well known traditional plants