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Crete is the largest and most populous island in Greece. Also it is the fifth larger island in Mediterranean Basin.

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Not only does inland of Crete have many rich plant habitats, the satellite small islands  have also.
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A large number of islands, islets, and rocks hug the coast of Crete. Many are visited by tourists, some are only visited by archaeologists and biologists. Some are environmentally protected.
One is the Chrisi Island.

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There is a great variety  of plants, although it is a small island. The cedar, bushes, schinn  dominate and ammophilous vegetation also The cedar tree of Chrysis is unique  for the Greece territory. There are century-old trees with average age from 200 to 300 years.  Cedars have a root system that grows at least twice their height! Apart from their large roots, a vast number of very thin roots form a dense grid that holds the sand.  The number of plant species of Chrysis is very large in relation to its area and corresponds to 1/20 of Cretan flora! These species, which exist on the island, either are rare for the coasts of southern Europe or for the whole  world.

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Χρυσή ή Γαϊδουρονήσι Λασιθίου: Ο απόλυτος εξωτικός παράδεισος στην άκρη της Ελλάδας Drone

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Preneli is a location on south coast of the Greek Island of Crete.  This type of habitat is composed, particularly in Crete, of palm trees of the species called Phoenix theophrasti.This species of palm tree is a rare endemic to the Aegean region. It is found in Crete and SW Turkey (Datca penincula), in small sandy moist valleys or rocky areas in close proximity to the sea. It is known by the common name Phinikas or Vagi, and its largest known population is located in Vai, East Crete.

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The area is located at the central-east part of Crete and is characterized by a belt of mountains, Dikti (altitude 2148 m, one of the three principal mountains of Crete),. There is  the biggest plateau of Crete, Lasithi (at 800 m altitude). The biggets part of the site is covered by large rugged mountains and gorges.
The following elements comprise the ecological quality and importance of the site: 1) A great variety of habitat types, mostly well conserved: Quercus coccifera forests (it is noteworthy that the tree form of Quercus coccifera is unusual outside Crete and Peloponnese); a Quercus ilex forest, the unique large forest of the species in Crete (approximately 700 ha); Pinr forest (Pinus brutia); low-, mid- and high-elevation phryganas; and a great number of caves. 2) Its flora is extremely rich in common species and in rare and vulnerable endemic species, mostly cretan; moreover, some of them are stenoendemics, exclusively found in the site or in the mountains of Crete. Alyssum lasithicum, Cirsium creticum ssp. dictaeum, Galium incanum ssp. creticum, Silene thessalonica ssp. dictaea, Tragopogon lassithicus, Inula candida ssp. decalvans (=Inula pseudolimonella), Scabiosa minoana ssp. minoana (=Lomelosia minoana ssp. minoana), Astragalus nummularius, and Silene multicaulis ssp. cretica are endemic to the site.; Asplenium creticum, Hypochoeris tenuiflora, Origanum microphyllum, Cuscuta atrans, Silene andri-jovis, Astragalus idaeus, Geocarium creticum, and Epipactis cretica are endemic to the mountains of Crete. 3) The plateau of Lassithi produces the majority of Crete's potato crops. It also has a unique in Crete old venetian drainage system and there are hundreds of windmillds used as water pumps and composing a rare aesthetic landscape.

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the island of Crete is still considered to be a heaven of biodiversity: 1734 kinds of endemic kinds of plants have been found; 10% of which are only found in Crete. 66 of these kinds are under the threat of extinction while 120 of them are protected by the law. This incredible biodiversity of Crete is attributed to its geographical position, its landscape and variety of microclimatic conditions.

Dictamus
the tea for love
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Origanum dictamnus L. (= Amaracus dictamnus) (Lamiaceae) [Oni, March 1994]. Sometimes it is also referred to as Origanum creticum Bauh., Amaracus dictamnus Benth., Origanum pseudodictamnus Sieb., Origanum creticum, Latifolium tomentosum Tourn., And Dictamnus creticus when intended for pharmaceutical use

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Hippocrates, the father of Medicine, writes about the therapeutic gynecological and other properties of the plant. He used to use it for the treatment of inflammatory skin conditions, ulcerations and stroke.
Τhe father of pharmacology, Dioskouridis (77 AD), says that when the plant is swallowed, it ejects the dead embryos. Still, it emphasizes that the scent of the plant removes insects and reptiles.
Since antiquity, it has still been known that the property, which had mainly the tea of the plant, has caused erotic excitement and desire, as evidenced by the many related paintings that have been found at times in many ancient vessels during the excavations.
The chemical composition of Dictamus has  been researched by [Daferera et al. 2000] and [Skoula et al. 1999].
One of the most important actions of the plant, which has been studied extensively, is its antioxidant action [Lionis et al. 1998].
Antimicrobial activity
Numerous studies have been carried out to investigate the antimicrobial action of Origanum dictamnus.
One of these [Sivropoulou et al. 1996] examines the effect of the presence of the plant's essential oil on the development of eight different Gram positive and negative bacterial clones.
Its root as cream finds use against saliva, while its juice is consumed in wine to cure snake bites [www.iama.gr].
Well-known also it is that It was used  to help women to give birth more easily and quickly (the interest-earners drank some wild dittany beverages), and it was also used as an abortionist [Prineas et al. 1983, Bayeus 1986, Ganiatsas 1966, Gunther 1968].

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Labdanum ("Aladanos") is a resin produced from special glands, found in all green parts of the plant Cistus creticus ssp creticus (hook) and is excreted during the hot hours of the day during spring and summer.

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The resin of the Labdanum plant is extracted exclusively in a unique way from the Labdanum plant on our island. Essentially, it is the sap from the Labdanum plant that is collected.

This takes place every summer under the hot sun as the plant secretes its’ resin drop by drop, which is then collected with special leather strips. The plant is beaten with these strips and the resin sticks to them and is extracted. The Labdanum plant or Labdanum is specifically known worldwide for:

- The firming and anti-aging properties

- It is considered one of the strongest resins - frankincense from antiquity and is still used in perfumery today.

- The aroma is very rich and powerful and

- We use it for protection, strength and spiritual evolution.

There is extensive studies about labdanum {K. Hatzellis, G. Pagona, A. Spyros, C. Demetzos H. E. Katerinopoulos Correction of the Structure of a New Sesquiterpene from Cistus creticus ssp. Creticu.s J. Nat. Prod. 2004, 67, 1996-2001}

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 rich plant habitats of your wider area of residence