Abstract
This Ethnobotanical study was aimed to document the indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants of Dhirkot district Bagh AJK along with their therapeutic values and ethnopharmacological importance. The ethnobotanical data was collected by using the open-ended questionnaire from the local people about the use of medicinal plants. The current study reported three plant species, viz: Sarcoccoca saligna (Ganeera), Rumex hastatus (Chukhri), Cichurium intybus (Kasni) are mainly used for different ailments. The Plant species selected on the basis of used value were subjected to antibacterial activity by using the disc diffusion method. Different statistical techniques were employed to analyze the data of informant consensus factor (ICF), fidelity level (FL), use value (UV) and relative frequency citation (RFC). Current study reported 93 plant species belonging to 46 families and 81 genera for the treatment different ailments like stomach, liver, diabetes, skin, kidney, blood disorders. The most frequent plant part used was leaf (40%), followed by fruit (23%), whole plant (14%), stem and seeds (8% each), tuber (4%) and flower (1%). Modes of administration were grouped into 7 categories including raw use (30 use citation) followed by decoction (28), powder (14), paste and extract (7) and seeds (1 use citation). Fresh plant material was most preferable method and oral administration was the highly prevalent. The highest RFC value was calculated for the gastro-paresis (0.71) by Zanthoxylum alatum and the highest UV value was calculated by Malia azedarach (0.54) for fever, blood purification. Similarly Juglans regia, Sarcoccoca saligna and Datura stramonium were show highest fidelity level (FL=100%). Local communities were highly dependent on the medicinal plants and reported the best therapeutic values for specific disorders. Urgent attention must be needed to conserve the local flora, detailed documentation of indigenous knowledge and phytochemical/pharmacological authentication of different plants used for different diseases.
Highlights
Ethnobotany is the relationships of local inhabitants with their surrounding flora and the term was first used by US botanist John Harsh Berger during 1896
The investigation of plants parts utilized demonstrated that leaves (40%) were the most as often as possible utilized plant parts pursued by natural products (23%), entire plant (14%), stem and seeds (8% every), tubers (4%) and blooms (1%) (Figure 4)
Leaves and fruits are regularly utilized by nearby occupants for the cure of their infirmities as these parts have progressively bioactive compounds when contrasted with different parts
Summary
Ethnobotany is the relationships of local inhabitants with their surrounding flora and the term was first used by US botanist John Harsh Berger during 1896. The therapeutic plant information is still useful to environmentalist, pharmacologists, taxonomists, watershed and characteristic life chiefs in overhauling the achievement of an area, other than relocation the predictable employments (Mahmood et al, 2011b; Ibrar et al, 2007) It provides names and compile information regarding human and animal health treatment impact by intake of flora (Arshad et al, 2014; Amjad and Arshad, 2014) and improvement in these information through actions social and educational systems (Ghuffar et al, 2018). Number of analysts have led ethnobotanical thinks about from region and recorded number of plant type for treatment of different sicknesses (Alam et al, 2011) These investigations were directed qualitatively, and quantitative ethnobotanical studies are uncommon in the zone. This examination points not exclusively to record indigenous awareness and to dissect the information by utilizing ethnobotanical indices yet Screen the selected therapeutic plants for antimicrobial activity
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