PJB-2011-158
ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES OF SOME PLANTS OF CHAGHARZAI VALLEY, DISTRICT BUNER, PAKISTAN
ZAMAN SHER1, ZAHEER UD DIN KHAN2 AND FARRUKH HUSSAIN3
Abstract
Ethnobotanical information was collected on 216 plant species from Chagharzai Valley, District Buner, Pakistan. These plants were classified for their traditional medicinal and economic uses. Of the 89 families, 77 families were Dicots; 7 Monocots and 3 Pteridophytes. Asteraceae had 21 species. which was followed by Papilionaceae (12 spp.); Lamiaceae (10 spp.); Poaceae and Rosaceae (each with 9 spp.); Ranunculaceae (7 spp.); Moraceae (6 spp.); Amaranthaceae, Brassicaceae, Solanaceae, Apiaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Polygonaceae (each with 5 species); Chenopodiaceae and Papaveraceae (each with 4 species); Asclepiadaceae, Betulaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Fagaceae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae, Mimosaceae, Oleaceae, Rhamnaceae and Salicaceae had 3 species each. The remaining families had less number of species. Gymnosperms and fungi were represented by one family each. Among overall plants
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