Ethno taxonomical Approach in the Identification of Useful Medicinal Flora of District Kasur Pakistan

Abstract

The current study was conducted to document the medicinal plants commonly used by local peoples in District kasur. The snowball sampling method was used for the selection of informants and the informants were interviewed through a semi-structured questionnaire. The documented data was quantified by indices UV (use value) and RFC (Relative Frequency of Citation. During fieldwork, about 71 plant species belonging to the 33 families were collected. The most dominant family was  Leguminosae's  and Poaceae (7 Species each). The most commonly used plant part was the leaf (25 Species).The most common method of drug preparation was decoction (28 Species). The highest RFC value was calculated for Vigna radiate (0.056), Vitis vinifera (0.042), and Ipomeoe cairica (L.) (0.035).and the highest UV value was calculated for Allium cepa L. 0.056, Trigonella foenumgraecum L. o.o49, and Vigna radiate o.o42.Traditional communities still use medicinal plants for the treatment of various diseases . But the knowledge of ethnobotany is at risk because the younger generations have no interest. Furthermore, due to deforestation and urbanization, the local medicinal flora is also at risk.