What is it about?
The current study showed that the area has a substantial diversity of medicinal plants; utilization of medicinal plants and plant-based remedies is abundant in the area. Total of 109 medicinal species, from 64 families were documented for the treatment of 64 various ailments. Aconitum violaceum, Broussonetia papyrifera, Cedrus deodara, Celtis caucasica, Conandrium arnotaimum, and Pinus wallichiana, were reported for the first time from the study area for the treatment of arthritis, diarrhea, torridity (cooling agent), wound healing, skin allergy, and as antipyretic, respectively
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Why is it important?
The medicinal plants with maximum UV required protection for sustaining biodiversity in the investigation region. Anthropogenic activities, such as urbanization, marble mining, overharvesting, and grazing, were detected as the main threats to local biodiversity, and this, together with increasing market demand, puts increased pressure on plant resources, as we assumed in our third hypothesis. The projects of cultivation of medicinal plants must be implemented to eliminate their extinction in the area under study.
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The current study on the traditional use of medicinal plants was carried out from February 2018 to March 2020, in Gokand Valley, District Buner, Pakistan. The goal was to collect, interpret, and evaluate data on the application of medicinal plants.
Dr Maroof Ali
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This page is a summary of: Quantitative Ethnobotanical Study of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by the Tribal Communities of Gokand Valley, District Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Plants, August 2020, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/plants9081001.
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