Kürecik (Akçadağ–Malatya) Bölgesinde Geleneksel Bitki Kullanımı, Floristik Yapı ve Kültürel Süreklilik: Etnobotanik ve Etnolingustik Bir Değerlendirme

This study examines traditional medicinal plant use in the Kürecik region of Akçadağ district (Malatya, Turkey) from an ethnobotanical, floristic and ethnolinguistic perspective. The study is based primarily on the ethnobotanical field data presented by Yeşil and Akalın (2009) in their article “Folk Medicinal Plants in Kürecik Area (Akçadağ/Malatya–Turkey)” published in the Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.A total of 47 plant taxa used in local folk medicine were analyzed in terms of floristic origin, ecological habitat distribution and linguistic characteristics of local plant names. The analysis shows that 43 of the recorded taxa are wild species, while only 4 are cultivated plants, indicating that the local medicinal knowledge system is strongly rooted in the natural flora of the region.The results reveal that the majority of species belong to the Irano-Turanian floristic region, while Mediterranean and Euro-Siberian elements are also present, reflecting the transitional ecological character of the Kürecik area. Additionally, the linguistic analysis of local plant names suggests significant Kurdish and Iranian linguistic layers, indicating a long-term cultural continuity of plant knowledge in the region.The study highlights Kürecik as a remarkable ethnobotanical landscape where biological diversity and traditional ecological knowledge intersect. By reorganizing the data within a floristic, ecological and ethnolinguistic framework, the article aims to make the multi-layered structure of traditional medicinal plant knowledge in Kürecik more visible. This article is part of the broader research project titled “Kürecik Cultural System.”