Ethnotaxonomical Approach in the Identification of Useful Medicinal Flora of Tehsil Pindigheb (District Attock) Pakistan

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2008
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Hayat, Muhammad Qasim
Khan, Mir Ajab
Ahmad, Mushtaq
Shaheen, Nighat
Yasmin, Ghazalah
Akhter, Shamim
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The presented research investigated the use of folk remedies among the people of Tehsil Pindigheb, District Attock of Pakistan. During the ethnobotanical survey, we documented indigenous knowledge and collected plant specimens which included medicinal plants. Through questionnaire, ethnomedicinal data was collected from key informants and local inhabitants in randomly selected villages. One hundred plant species belonging to 44 families were recorded as medicinal flora of the area. Due to construction of new housing colonies, modern agricultural practices and cultural changes within the community, the use of traditional knowledge and medicinal plant species are threatened day by day in the area. This study will provide help in future conservation strategies.
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ethnobotanical survey, medicinal flora, Tehsil Pindigheb, Pakistan
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Hayat MQ, Khan MA, Ahmad M, Shaheen N, Yasmin G, Akhter S. 2008. Ethnotaxonomical approach in the identification of useful medicinal flora of Tehsil Pindigheb (District Attock) Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 6:035-062.
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