Traditional medicinal plant knowledge of some spermatophytes of Samar Bagh Valley, Lower Dir District, Pakistan
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https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2017.4.4.334Keywords:
Ethno-medicine, Lower Dir, Samar Bagh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanAbstract
The study on traditional knowledge of medicinal plants which are used by local people of Samar Bagh valley in district Lower Dir, Pakistan resulted in the report of 41 species of seed plants which belong to 37 genera and 30 families. Amongst them are 55% herbs, 25% shrubs, 17 % trees and 3% rhizome bearing species. The local peoples who use these plants for the treatment of various diseases were farmers, those who are raring of live stock and hakims.
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