Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3835

Full Length Research Paper

Indigenous wild medicinal plants used by local people of Dudial area, District Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Aqeel Mahmood1*, Adeel Mahmood2 and Mamoona Mahmood3
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Sargodha University, Sargodha, Pakistan. 2Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3Kashmir Model College, Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 01 February 2012
  •  Published: 09 April 2012

Abstract

An ethnobotanical study of common medicinal plants of Dudial area, district Mirpur AJK was conducted to investigate the traditional medicinal knowledge of plants. A total of 35 plant species belonging to 30 families were identified and recorded with the help of semi-structured and close ended questionnaires. During this study, 11 Hakims and 68 local informers were interviewed and 72 different sites were visited. Information obtained by this study is presented here.

 

Key words: Herbal medicines, ethnobotany, Dudial, medicinal plants.

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