Ethnobotanical notes about medicinal and useful plants of the Reventino Massif tradition (Calabria region, Southern Italy)

THIS PAPER PRESENTS AN ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF THE TRADITIONAL USES OF PLANTS IN THE REVENTINO MASSIF TRADITION (CALABRIA REGION, SOUTHERN ITALY). THE AIM OF STUDY WAS TO RECORD LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ON PLANTS USED FOR FOOD, MEDICAL AND OTHER PURPOSES BASED ON NEW INFORMATION PROVIDED BY INHABITANTS IN THE STUDY AREA. FIFTY PEOPLE, AGED BETWEEN 52 AND 91 YEARS, WERE INTERVIEWED BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE 2016, USING OPEN AND SEMI-STRUCTURED ETHNOBOTANICAL INTERVIEWS. FOR EACH DESCRIBED PLANT SPECIES, THE ITALIAN COMMON AND LOCAL FOLK NAMES, THE PART OF THE PLANT USED, THE USES AND RELATIVE USE VALUE (UV), WERE RECORDED.