An ethnobotanical study of wetland flora of Head Maralla Punjab Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wetlands are biologically diverse and highly productive ecosystems that support one-third of all threatened and endangered plants of the world. Wetland plants have been studied ethnobotanically much less than terrestrial plants, including in Pakistan, thus information about the uses of local wetland plants in traditional healthcare system is scare. Head Maralla is a non-recognized wetland with diversified flora that has been focused of the current study.

Methods

The ethnobotanical data were collected from four sites viz., River Tavi, Upstream Chenab, River Manawarwala Tavi, and Bhalolpur through questionnaire and interviews during field trips. Quantitative indices including informant consensus factor (ICF), cultural significant indext (CSI), relative frequency of

SUBMITTER: Iqbal MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516287 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature