Ethnobotanical study on some useful shrubs of Astore valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Authors

  • Ali Noor Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi
  • Surayya Khatoon Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi
  • Moinuddin Ahmed Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi
  • Abdul Razaq Department of Biological Science, Karakorum International University, Gilgit-Baltistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v43i1.19741

Keywords:

Ethnobotanical study, Useful shrubs, Astore Valley

Abstract

In Astore valley, 26 species of plants under 17 genera and 13 families were found to be used as folkmedicine. The study reveals that the villagers from remote area use medicinal plants for the treatment of joint pain, bone fracture, urine problem, asthma, diabetes, blood pressure and for the treatment of other common ailments. The aborigines also use traditional herbal therapy for their live stocks. Because of high destruction pressure of anthropogenic origin, Ephedra gerardiana Wallich ex C.A.Meyer, Berberis spp., Rosa foetida Herrm. and Rhododendron hypenanthum Balf. f. were found threatened.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v43i1.19741

Bangladesh J. Bot. 43(1): 19-25, 2014 (June)

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Published

2014-07-31

How to Cite

Noor, A., Khatoon, S., Ahmed, M., & Razaq, A. (2014). Ethnobotanical study on some useful shrubs of Astore valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 43(1), 19–25. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v43i1.19741

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Vol. 43 No. 1 (2014)

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