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Title: 19. Ethnobotanical study of subtropical hills of Darazinda, Takht-e-Suleman range F.R D.I. Khan, Pakistan
Authors: Ulfat Samreen, Muhammad Ibrar, Lalbadshah, Shahida Naveed, Imran, Inayat Khatak
Journal: Pure and Applied Biology (PAB)
Publisher: Bolan Society for Pure and Applied Biology
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2021
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Language: en
The present study contributes to ethnobotanical information of Darazinda (Frontier Region) D.I. Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan. A Total of 198 plant species belonging to 62 families were recorded, in which Poaceae (35), Asteraceae (20), Solanaceae (12), Brassicaeae and Papilionaceae each 8, Amaranthaceae 6, Boraginaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cucurbitaceae and Euphorbiaceae 5 each, Asclapidiaceae, Polygonaceae 4 each, Malvaceae, Mimisiaceae, Apiaceae, Cyperaceae, Rhamnaceae, Myretaceae, Moraceae, Verbanaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Scorphulariaceae and Laminaceae 3 each were recorded. The other families possessed 2 or fewer species. Locally these plants are used for agriculture applications (2%), fodder (65%), as a fuel (15%), for making furniture (4%), fruit yielding (6%), as medicinal (55%), as timber (5%), as vegetable (13%) and fencing plants (4%).
Keywords: Ethnobotany; Darazinda; Medicinal plant; Vegetable; Timber; Fencing plant; Fodder; F.R. D.I. Khan
http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2016.50020
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