Ethno botanical Wisdom of Inhabitant of Devi Galli Azad Kashmir

Anam Shabir*, Naveed Iqbal Raja, Uneeza Javaid, Noor Ul Ain Zafar, Hina Javed and Farhat Yasmeen

Received: September 22, 2017;   Published: November 07, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000501

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Abstract

Plants play vital role in our existence and are major substance of nutrition and medicament throughout the world. Plants are being used from early times to treat various human as well as animal’s diseases. A series of survey were conducted to notice the highly remedial plants of Devi Galli Sudhnoti, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Data was collected by direct comments during field studies, interviews and questionnaires from the local people. The locality, botanical, vernacular names, their family names and uses were elected. During study a total of 98 plants species related to 88 genera and 51 families were recorded. Most abundantly recorded families were Asteraceae, Poaceae, Moraceae, Convolvolaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae. Ethnobotanical uses classifications showed that major proportion was of medicinal plants species (85 spp, 90.4%) then fodder and forage species were (43 spp, 45.7%) It is followed by other uses such as vegetables (13 spp, 13.8%), fruit (19 spp, 20.2%), Fuel (16 spp, 17%) and timber species (5 spp, 5.3%). Present survey has disclosed the ethno botanical importance of the plants and also suggested that there is dire need of conservation of these medicinally important plants for sustainable utilization as they are threatened by the loss of habitat and over exploitation.

Keywords: Devi Galli; Inhabitants; Flora; Ethnobotany

Abbreviations: FC: Frequency Citation; RFC: Relative Frequency Citation; UV: Use Value; FIV: Family importance value.

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