Classification and Identification of Wild Populations of Salvia fructicosa Mill. of Eastern Mediterranean of Turkey

Abstract

The morphological characterization and contents of essential oil in ten wild populations of Salvia fructicosa Mill. from Aydin Province in Turkey were studied in present studies. Essential oils content and composition of populations were determined. The essential oil content of 10 populations ranged from 1.99-3.04 % and mean value was 2.47 %. A cluster analysis was applied for essential oil content. Two groups were defined by cluster analysis. The correlation coefficients among characters indicated that drug herb ratio and drug leaf ratio are negatively correlated with the leaf morphological characters such as plant height and plant size. In all populations predominant component was 1,8-cineole.