Ethno-medicinal Survey for Some Wild Plants of Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan

• Main Authors: Ramiz Raja, Tasveer Zahra Bokhari, SHAKIL AHMAD, SAEED AHMAD MALIK, KAUSAR HUSSAIN, KASHIF NADEEM
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bioresource Research Center (BRC), Islamabad 2020-09-01
• Series: Journal of Bioresource Management
• Subjects: medicinal survey; traditional use; indigenous knowledge; muzaffarabad
• Online Access: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1236&context=jbm

Wild plants have always held economic, nutritional and medicinal value for human beings. Present work is the study of local information of some wild plants being used for remedial purposes in District Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. The indigenous knowledge of local conventional uses was collected through survey and personal interviews during field trips. A total of 50 plant species were identified by taxonomic description using field guides and locally by medicinal knowledge of people living in the area. About 150 informers were interviewed randomly to record local names and ethno-medicinal uses of different plant species.