Ethnobotanical profile of some useful plants and fungi of district Dir Upper, Tehsil Darora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Murad Muhammad, Lal Badshah, Adnan Ali Shah, Abdullah Abdullad, Muhammad Ali Shah, Rainer W. Bussmann, Abdul Basıt
Abstract
Background: The present study was conducted to explore the ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal uses of plants in 12 remote villages of Tehsil Darora, district Dir Upper, Pakistan.Methods: Among the residents both, men, and women (some traditional healers like Hakeen and Pansires) were interviewed about the useful plants existing in the area using comprehensive questionnaires.Results: A total of 91 plant species belonging to 37 families were recorded in the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) in 2019-2020. These included 86 angiosperms (94%) 2 gymnosperms (2%) 2 fungi (2%) and 2 pteridophytes (2%). Asteraceae was the dominant family having 9 species, followed by Lamiaceae (8 species), 6 species of Amaranthaceae, and Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae (5 species), Euphorbiaceae, and Rosaceae, each with 4 species.Conclusions: The documented plants were used by the local communities medicinally and for other purposes such as fuel, vegetables, fodder, shelter, and timber wood, etc.Keywords: Ethnobotanical plants, Fungi, Tehsil Darora, District Dir Upper, Pakistan