Medico-ethnobotanical inventory of tehsil Chakwal, Pakistan
2009
Qureshi, R. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany) | Waheed, A. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany) | Arshad, M. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany) | Umbreen, T.
The aim of present research was to record the indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants of tehsil Chakwal. Field trips were arranged to collect the plants and ethnobotanical information from the study area during October 2007 to January 2008. A total of 29 species belonging to 25 genera and 18 families have been found to be used by the local people for curing various human diseases. This paper contains the information like botanical name, local name, family name, flowering season, part used and folk medicinal uses of plants. The plant specimens were also collected dried, pressed, mounted on sheets and deposited in the Herbarium of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi for record.
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