Ethnomedicinal uses of the local flora in Chenab riverine area, Punjab province Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because of diverse topographical habitats, the Chenab River wetland harbors a wealth of medicinal and food plant species. This paper presents first quantitative assessment on the ethnobotanical use of plants by the local peoples residing in the Chenab riverine area.

Methods

The ethnobotanical data were collected from six parts of the Chenab River wetland: Mandi Bahuddin, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sargodha, and Sialkot during 2014 to 2015, using semi-structured interviews. Quantitative indices including informant consensus factor (FCI), relative frequency of citation (RFC), relative importance level (RIL), use value (UV), fidelity level (FL), and corrected fidelity level (CFL) were used to analyze the data.

Results

On the whole, 129 medicinal plant species belongi

SUBMITTER: Umair M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6359778 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature