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TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINAL FLORA OF DANDI KOT VALLEY DISTRICT BUNER

Hashma*, Hussan Ara Begum, Syeda sidra , Hafsa Majeed

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Abstract

We have conducted an ethnobotanical and quantitative study of wild medicinal plants. We selected a rural area, the Dandi Kot Valley, Buner District, KP Pakistan, for our research.This was first quantitative study in this area.We collected information from 75 informants through open-ended, semi structured interview. Ethnomedicine importance and benefits were expressed through different quantitative indices including Use Value (UV), Frequency of Citation (FC), Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC). Medicinal plants with the highest Use Value were Mentha longifolia (Linn) Huds. with0.84 used value, Justicia adhatoda L. (0.81), Zizyphus jujube Mill. (0.7). The least used species was Boerhavia diffusa L. (0.14) and Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist (0.15). The highest RFC was recorded for Justicia adhatoda L., Mentha longifolia (Linn) Huds.,(0.8 each).This study includes 28 plant species from 21 families. People of this area depend on medicinal plants for the treatment of different diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea, stomach, and liver problems. The leaveswere the most utilized plant part of ethnomedicine (47.05%), Asteraceae was the leading family with 3 plant species.In this valley medicinal plants are used for different diseases which is an addition to the generally rich ethnomedical practices.

Key words: Dandi kot, medicinal plants, extinction, Buner Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.