Tajikistan – Farmers and healers using traditional knowledge

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  • Wild Rose and traditional healers

    Wild Rose and traditional healers
    Wild rose is a multi - year wild plant, having simple flowers, belongs to the family of rose flowers. Its height ranges from 0,5 to 3,5 meters. Wild rose is in blossom in the period of April –May. Its fruits ripen in the period of August - October. There are 18 types of wild rose known in Tajikistan. The...
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  • Eurotia

    Eurotia
    Eurotia (also called Teresken locally) is a semi bush and bush plant, its height ranges from 10 to 100 centimeter. There are two types of this plant (K. seratoides ва K. ewersmanniana) observed in Tajikistan. They are grown in stony and sandy land, plain, deserts and semi deserts; at altitude of 1000 -1400 meters above sea level. Eurotia is...
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  • Forest Apple and healers

    Forest Apple and healers
    Forest apples are grown in Qarotegin, Darvoz, Hazratshoh, Hisor, Qurama, Zarafshon and Western Pamir (at altitude of 1000 - 2500 meters above sea level). The Central Asia is considered as a homeland for the forest apple. From ancient times different varieties of apples are well known among Tajiks such as: lataseb, chainakseb, barzangseb, surkhaki javpazak, Abusaidi apple, naboti apple,...
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  • Tutsan

    Tutsan
    The Tutsan is a multi-year plant and can rise up to 100 centimeters. It is grown at forest slopes, riverside, in gardens and water meadows, open and sunny areas as well as stony slopes at altitude of 600 - 3000 meters above sea level. Tutsan is one of the ancient medical plants. Normally flowers, leaves and twigs are used...
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    Tutsan
  • Apricot In the ancient medicine

    Apricot In the ancient medicine
    The Apricot is a widely spread tree fruit. Its height reaches up to 15 meters. Color of apricot flower is white or rosy. Fruit form is round, oblong, fleshy, yellow or orange. In Tajikistan the following varieties are grown: isfarak, khurmoi, tojiboi, subhoni, qandak, boboi, mahtobi, javoni, mirsanjali, etc. Apricot is a good nutritious and dietary fruit. It is...
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  • Walnut remedy

    Walnut remedy
    WALNUT (Juglans regia) girdu, javz (kind of grapes) is a large tree with many branches. Its height ranges from 20 to 35 meters. Natural walnut mainly grows in Turkistan, Hissor, Qaroitegin, Peter the 1st, Vakhsh, Darvoz and Hazratshoh mountain ranges, Zarafshon valley, partially in Western Pamir (Vanj, Yazghulom, Shughnon and Rushon).
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  • Origanum

    Origanum
    ORIGANUM (Origanum tyttanthum), subinak, mountain mint is a all- year plant. Its height ranges from 20 to 90 centimeters. It is in blossom in June - August, makes fruits in July- September. It grows in grassland, subalpine meadow, steppes, rocky slopes of Qurama, Zarafshon, Hissor and Darvoz mountain ranges, in Southern Eastern districts of Tajikistan.
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  • Mulberry healing features in Tajikistan

    Mulberry healing features in Tajikistan
    Mulberry is a 20 meter height tree. It has being grown in Tajikistan since ancient times. The following varieties of mulberry are known especially: tuti bedona, balhki, muzaffari, marvoridak, mavizak, safedak, revchi, rakhshak, maskagi, siyohtut, etc. Mulberry tree is dry resistant and in less need to highly fertile soil.
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