Hatay Medical And Aromatic Plants Museum

In addition to its historical and cultural richness, the city of tolerance has an important place with its natural beauties. Approximately 3300 of approximately 10000 plant species in our country are endemic and 300 of the more than 2000 detected plant species in Hatay are endemic plants. Accordingly, 10% of endemic plants grown in our country grow in Hatay. Many of the plant species detected in this region more than 2000 have been found to be medicinal and aromatic plants.

Hatay as a result of the completion of the restoration in 2012 in order to introduce some medicinal and aromatic plants that have been identified visit opened Turkey's first medicinal and aromatic plants building which houses the museum of the 19th century also built two floors in an old Antakya Evi. So you can see the historical and natural beauties in this place. 280 medicinal and aromatic plants are offered to the public in the museum. Medicinal and aromatic plants, in which their final forms are ready for use in glass jars and hand-knitted baskets, include sage, yarrow, raisin, blackberry, cobweb, basil root, licorice root, stone mint, blackberry root, redbud root, Examples include wormwood, marshmallow rose, hibiscus and immortal flower. In addition to plant samples, you can also visit the parts of the museum, where there are large-size photographs, botanical information and what they are used for; When you enter the downstairs, you can see the oils of the plants and get information about what they are used for in the extraction rooms that meet you with a very pleasant smell.