Ethno botanical Wisdom of Inhabitant of Devi Galli Azad Kashmir by Anam Shabir in BJSTR
Abstract
Plants play vital role in our existence and are major substance of
nutrition and medicament throughout the world. Plants are being
used from early times to treat various human as well as animal’s
diseases. A series of survey were conducted to notice the highly
remedial
plants of Devi Galli Sudhnoti, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Data
was collected by direct comments during field studies, interviews and
questionnaires from the local people. The locality, botanical,
vernacular names, their family names and uses were elected. During study
a total of
98 plants species related to 88 genera and 51 families were recorded.
Most abundantly recorded families were Asteraceae, Poaceae, Moraceae,
Convolvolaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae. Ethnobotanical uses
classifications showed that major proportion was of medicinal plants
species (85 spp, 90.4%) then fodder and forage species were (43 spp,
45.7%) It is followed by other uses such as vegetables (13 spp, 13.8%),
fruit (19 spp, 20.2%), Fuel (16 spp, 17%) and timber species (5 spp,
5.3%). Present survey has disclosed the ethno botanical importance of
the
plants and also suggested that there is dire need of conservation of
these medicinally important plants for sustainable utilization as they
are
threatened by the loss of habitat and over exploitation.
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