Medicinal importance of few plants from moist temperate forest of West Himalaya, Pakistan

Authors

  • Eamon Bushraa South Punjab Institute of Science and Technology, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Hashim South Punjab Institute of Science and Technology, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
  • Allah Bakhsh Gulshan Department of Botany, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
  • Faisal Hussain Department of Botany, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
  • Adeela Altaf Department of Environmental Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
  • Altaf Ahmad Dasti South Punjab Institute of Science and Technology, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Keywords:

Medicinal plants, Ayubia National Park, Moist temperate forest, Western Himalaya

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Ayubia National Park, which is in District Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The study area is a part of Himalayan's moist temperate forest with a high diversity of vulnerable plant and animal species. A total of 65 species, belonging to 62 genera and 39 families were recorded. Angiosperms contributed a major share while Pteridophytes contributed little to the floristic richness of the area. The study revealed that 45 plant species belonging to 34 families are used in the folk medicinal system. The medicinal plants are mostly used to cure amenorrhea, skin allergies, and leucorrhoea, as an abortifacient, post-delivery pain, dandruff, eczema, tonic after delivery, and for breast milk secretion. All these herbal medicines belong to 65 herbaceous ground floras, 7% shrubs, 21% trees, and 7% climbers. The present investigation was intended to describe the knowledge and significance of medicinal flora and its traditional uses in daily life.

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2022-12-15

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Eamon Bushraa, Muhammad Hashim, Allah Bakhsh Gulshan, Faisal Hussain, Adeela Altaf, & Altaf Ahmad Dasti. (2022). Medicinal importance of few plants from moist temperate forest of West Himalaya, Pakistan. GU Journal of Phytosciences, 1(1), 16–23. Retrieved from https://jphytosci.com/index.php/GUJP/article/view/19

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): GU Journal of Phytosciences [July, 2021]

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