Ethnobotanical profile of some useful plants and fungi of District Dir Upper, Tehsil Darora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Authors

  • Murad Muhammad
  • Lal Badshah
  • Adnan Ali Shah
  • Muhammad Ali Shah
  • Abdullah Abdullah
  • Rainer W Bussmann Ilia State University, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Department of Ethnobotany, 1 Botanical Str., 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3524-5273
  • Abdul Basit

Abstract

Background: The present study was conducted to explore the ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal uses of plants in 12 remote villages of Tehsil Darora, district Dir Upper, Pakistan.

Methods: Among the residents both, men, and women (some traditional healers like Hakeen and Pansires) were interviewed about the useful plants existing in the area using comprehensive questionnaires.

Results: A total of 91 plant species belonging to 37 families were recorded in the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) in 2019-2020. These included 86 angiosperms (94%) 2 gymnosperms (2%) 2 fungi (2%) and 2 pteridophytes (2%). Asteraceae was the dominant family having 9 species, followed by Lamiaceae (8 species), 6 species of Amaranthaceae, and Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae (5 species), Euphorbiaceae, and Rosaceae, each with 4 species.

Conclusions: The documented plants were used by the local communities medicinally and for other purposes such as fuel, vegetables, fodder, shelter, and timber wood, etc.

Keywords: Ethnobotanical plants, Fungi, Tehsil Darora, District Dir Upper, Pakistan

Author Biography

Rainer W Bussmann, Ilia State University, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Department of Ethnobotany, 1 Botanical Str., 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia

Prinicipal Scientist, Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University

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2021-06-14

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Muhammad, M., Badshah, L., Shah, A. A., Shah, M. A., Abdullah, A., Bussmann, R. W., & Basit, A. (2021). Ethnobotanical profile of some useful plants and fungi of District Dir Upper, Tehsil Darora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 21, 1–15. Retrieved from https://ethnobotanyjournal.org/index.php/era/article/view/2801

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