Ethno botanical evaluation of medicinal plants of Gadoon area district Swabi
Ethno botanical evaluation of medicinal plants of Gadoon area district Swabi
Ch. Muhammad Muslim1, Hassan Sher2, Junaid Khan2, Shahid Hussain2, Ashfaq Ali2 and Atif Majeed3
ABSTRACT
A study on traditional use and conservation status of some herbaceous medicinal Plants of Gadoon area District Sawabi was conducted during summer 2010. Data was collected using a simple and comprehensive questionnaire which was specially designed to meet the requirements of the present study. Interviews were arranged with knowledgeable persons and for validation purpose field visits were arranged. Data about conservation status was obtained through quadrate method. The study reported 40 herbaceous medicinal plants belonging to 33 different angiosperm families used by local people to cure different ailments. Lamiaceae was represented by maximum number of 6 species followed by Apiaceae and Solancaceae represented by 4 species each. Alliaceae was represented by 3 species while Amaranthaceae, Asterceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae and Pllygonaceae were represented by 2 species each. All other families were represented by 1 species each. Documented plants have defined uses for different purposes in the traditional systems of medicines. Plants species were also classified into five conservation classes out of which 7 were dominant 11 frequent, 9 common, 9 rare while 4 were classified as very rare.
Keyword: Ethnomedicine, medicinal plants conservation status, herbaceous plants, Gadoon area.
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June 2016
Vol. 66, Iss. 2
