ETHNOBOTANICAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN TEHSIL UTMAN KHEL DISTRICT BAJAUR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN
ETHNOBOTANICAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN TEHSIL UTMAN KHEL DISTRICT BAJAUR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN
Hussain Shah1, Hamida Bibi2, Ali Hazrat1and Khan Sher3
ABSTRACT
The ethnobotanical uses of medicinal plants were documented in tehsil Utman Khel
district Bajaur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. 76 plant species belong to 47 families of
herbs, shrubs, mushrooms, trees and vegetables were recorded for their medicinal use.
These include 74 plants (96%) of angiosperms, 1 (1%) of gymnosperms, 2 (2%) of fungi
and 1 (1%) of Pteridophytes. Asteraceae was a dominant family having 5 species follows by
Brassicaceae and Moraceae each one is represented by 4 species. Among angiosperms 73
(63.01%) was herbs, 4 (5.47%) was shrubs and 20 (27.39%) was trees. The local
community is currently using these plants species along with mushrooms for different
diseases and also used as a timber wood, as fodder and as a fuel.
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September 2020
Vol. 26, Iss. 3
