Table 2.
Comparison of URs (%) for plant parts used, preparations, and applications in Georgia and in Turkeya
| Plant parts used | UR (%) | UR (%) | Preparations | UR (%) | UR (%) | Applications | UR (%) | UR (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geo | Tur | Geo | Tur | Geo | Tur | |||
| Leaves | 26.66% | 25.83% | Infusion in water/milk/votka/oil/whey/sugar | 47.99% | 32.33% | Drink | 49.41% | 37.01% |
| Aerial parts with flowers | 17.77% | 19.49% | Decoction in water/milk/oil | 22.63% | 29.91% | Plaster | 15.76% | 22.51% |
| Fruits | 13.98% | 10.27% | Fresh or mixed with honey/olive/salt/another plant/beewax/spores/votka/yoghurt/resin | 18.25% | 23.72% | Bath | 15.05% | 20.54% |
| Aerial parts | 11.26% | 11.78% | Macerated | 4.50% | 7.70% | Eat | 11.02% | 11.78% |
| Flowers | 9.36% | 8.46% | Sweet dishes | 2.37% | 1.21% | Gargle | 4.38% | 1.06% |
| Roots/bulbs | 5.33% | 5.89% | Juice (fresh, vinegar) | 1.54% | 0.60% | Chew | 1.90% | 3.02% |
| Resin | 3.08% | 7.10% | Warmed on stove | 1.18% | 1.06% | Inhalation | 1.07% | 2.42% |
| Seeds | 1.54% | 4.38% | Burned | 0.24% | 1.96% | Embrocation | 0.83% | 0.60% |
| Entire plant | 3.44% | 1.36% | Ritual | 0.71% | 0.45% | Headbands | 0.24% | 0.45% |
| Branches | 1.42% | 2.57% | Dried and powdered | 0.12% | 0.76% | Ritual | 0.12% | 0.45% |
| Young seed cones | 1.42% | 0.76% | As vegetable (pickle, soup) | 0.47% | 0.30% | Fumigate | – | 0.15% |
| Pollen cones | 1.66% | 0.15% | Tamp | 0.12% | – | |||
| Outer barks | 1.54% | – | Beating of skin | 0.12% | – | |||
| Sap | 0.47% | 0.76% | ||||||
| Young seed cones and pollen cones | 0.71% | – | ||||||
| Inner barks | 0.24% | 0.30% | ||||||
| Pericarp/husk | – | 0.45% | ||||||
| Aerial roots | – | 0.30% | ||||||
| Heartwood | 0.12% | – | ||||||
| Receptacles | – | 0.15% |
aNote that the information (words) in each row do not match with each other (see in Table 2 for the preparation and application of each plant part). Information was ranked in accordance of importance based on mean UR (%) values of the countries