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MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR ETHNOBOTANICAL PURPOSES IN U/C PASHTA OF KARO DARA TEHSIL WARI DIR UPPER, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
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Keywords

MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR
ETHNOBOTANICAL PURPOSES IN
U/C PASHTA OF KARO
DARA TEHSIL WARI DIR UPPER
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN

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MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR ETHNOBOTANICAL PURPOSES IN U/C PASHTA OF KARO DARA TEHSIL WARI DIR UPPER, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN. (2026). Frontier in Medical and Health Research, 4(6), 52-105. https://fmhr.net/index.php/fmhr/article/view/3026

Abstract

The goal of current study was to explore and document the traditional and indigenous knowledge of plants from the remote area of karo Dara U\C pashta Upper dir. Tehsil wari Khyber pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Ethno botanical data was collected from February 10, 2023 to August 20, 2023.the data was collected through questionnaire and semi organized interviews from local communities, such as Hakeem and herbalists, local farmers, men, women, and children. Information such as regional name, common name, parts use and medicinal uses was wisely recorded during an interview.in this study of knowledge all 35 medicinal plants species from 27 families which were used to treatment of different disorders were recognized. Plants species were recorded where 15 species of herb (50%) 10 species of shrub (14%) and 10 species of tree (15%).the plants parts frequently used were leaves (40%), followed by fruits (10%),whole plants (15%), stem (5%),seeds (12%), roots (9%), flowers and barks(13%), rhizome(5%).of each. The percentage of each family that was used recorded, between these families,5 species (12%) were of family Lamiaceae, three species of family Rosaceae,(5%) two species of family plantaginaceae,(3%) and Meliaceae,the rest of the families i.e Cannabinaceae,Pinaceae,Araliaceae, Hypericaceae, Pteridaceae, Ranunculaceae, Iridaceae, Violaceae, Lamiales, Oxalidaceae, Cupressaceae, Baslsaminaceae, Monimiaceae, Gesneriaceae, grossulariaceae, Athriaceae, Polygonaceae, Ebenaceae, Berberidaceae, Taxacaeae, Juglandaceae, Urticaceae, pittosporacaeae ,had one or individuals species(2%) of each.the medicinal plants that were documented in this study frequently for many purposes and mostly used to treat different types of pain(i.e. abdominal pain, joint pain ,throat pain, tooth pain, etc.)about (31%),cough, fever(10%),core throat constipation ,dysentery(5%),and also used as purgative carminative digestive (3%),tonic and gastrointestinal (7%).antiseptic and antipyretic(4%) etc. the purpose of current study was to identify the medicinal impression of some plants in remote area of karo Dara u|c pashta tehsil wari district dir upper in this study will be recover conservation of medicinal plants in the karo Dara tehsil wari dir. upper Khyber pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan.

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