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Geographic aspects of medicinal plants organic growing in Croatia

There are about 160 to 170 autochthonous medicinal and aromatic plants that are either collected or produced in Croatia. In all parts of Croatia natural geographic conditions, namely climatic, pedological and hydrographical conditions are suitable for organic production of medicinal plants. In this work authors gave the most relevant information on chamomile (Matricaria chamomile) and lavender (Lavandula anustifolia) production. These two plants had the biggest share in medicinal plants production before war in the 1990s. Until then Croatia was one of the leading producers of chamomile and lavender in the world. The current situation of collection and production of medicinal plants in Croatia and the opportunities that economic activity can offer are analyzed in the article. The main goal is to determine natural geographic conditions which influence organic medicinal plants production that contribute to the revitalization of rural areas and slow down deagrarization and deruralisation if applied systematically.

medicinal plants; organic production; natural geographic conditions; chamomile; lavender

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