Ethnomedicinal uses of plants for various diseases in the remote areas of Changa Manga Forest, Pakistan

This study aims at reporting the indigenous knowledge of the medicinal flora from the inhabitants of surroundings of the World's largest artificial planted forest "Changa Manga", Pakistan. Data were collected by direct interviews and group meetings from 81 inhabitants including 32 loc...

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Published in:	Brazilian journal of biology 2024, Vol.84, p.e255916-33
Main Authors:	Sharif, A, Shah, N A, Rauf, A, Hadayat, N, Gul, A, Nawaz, G, Sakhi, S, Iqbal, M, Khan, M R, Shah, A A, Azam, N, Iftikhar, H, Shah, S A, Bahadur, S, Hussain, F, Shuaib, M
Format:	Article
Language:	eng ; por
Subjects:	Accuracy Artemisia indica Asteraceae BIOLOGY Changa Manga Cynodon dactylon Disorders ethnobotanical Ethnobotany Ethnomedicine ethnopharmacology Euphorbia helioscopia Flora Flowers & plants Forests Gastrointestinal diseases Herbal medicine Indigenous knowledge Indigenous plants Inhabitants Knowledge local healthcare system Medicinal plants Medicine Medicine, Traditional Pakistan Parthenium hysterophorus Peganum harmala Phoenix dactylifera Phyllanthus emblica Plant species Plants (botany) Plants, Medicinal Population Precipitation Rural areas Sesamum indicum Species Statistics use value
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Summary:	This study aims at reporting the indigenous knowledge of the medicinal flora from the inhabitants of surroundings of the World's largest artificial planted forest "Changa Manga", Pakistan. Data were collected by direct interviews and group meetings from 81 inhabitants including 32 local healers having information regarding the use of indigenous medicinal plants over a period of one year. Different statistical tools were applied to analyze the data including Frequency citation (FC), Relative frequency citation (RFC), Use Value, Factor of informants consensus and fidelity level. This study reported 73 plant species belonging to 37 plant families and 46 genera. The majority of plant species belong to compositae family. The most commonly used medicinal plants were P. hysterophorus L., P. dactylifera L., S. indicum L, P. harmala L., P. emblica L., and A. indica A.Juss. The greatest number of species was used to cure gastrointestinal disorders. The highest fidelity level (68.18%) was of E. helioscopia to cure gastrointestinal disorders. Maximum fresh uses (17) were reported by C. dactylon (L.) Pars. While the highest number of species reporting fresh uses in similar number was 13. In this study, five novel plants are being reported for the first time in Pakistan for their ethnomedicinal worth. Our data reflect unique usage of the medicinal plants in the study area. The statistical tools used in the study proved useful in pointing the most important and disease category specific plants. High use value plant and the new reported medicinal plants might prove an important source of the isolation of pharmacologically active compounds.
ISSN:	1519-6984 1678-4375 1678-4375