Quantitative assessment and status of ethnomedicinal plants of Sheen Ghar Valley, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Authors

  • Shariat Ullah Department of Botany, University of Malakand, Chakdara 18800, Dir Lower, Pakistan
  • Lal Badshah Phytosociology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
  • Asghar Ali Government AKL, Post Graduate College Matta, Swat 19130, Pakistan
  • Noor Muhammad College of Horticultural, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 50000, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2020.7.1.625

Keywords:

Ethnobotany, Conservation, Medicinal uses

Abstract

This study was conducted from March 2017 to August 2018, to enumerate the quantitative attributes and current status of medicinal plants of Sheen Ghar Valley, District Dir Lower, Pakistan. A total of 51 species were documented for their medicinal uses. These plants belonged to 31 families. Results of this study revealed that leaves were the frequently used part (50%), followed by whole plants (only 30%) in curing different ailments. Many plants were found to be having multiple uses. Based on family importance value (FIV), Lamiaceae was the leading plant family (126.30) followed by Violaceae (55.81), while highest relative frequency of citation (RFC) was noted for Viola canescens (0.558) followed by Olea europaea (0.523). Conservation study revealed that 24 species (47%) were vulnerable, 22 species (43%) were rare and 4 species (8%) were noted as infrequent. Following IUCN standards for conservation, one species i.e. Hypericum perforatum was declared dominant. This study recommends immediate ex-situ and in-situ conservation programme for protecting the plant wealth of the locality.

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01-01-2020

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Ullah S, Badshah L, Ali A, Muhammad N. Quantitative assessment and status of ethnomedicinal plants of Sheen Ghar Valley, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];7(1):17-22. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/625

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