PJB-2011-88
ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF SOME ELITE PLANTS BELONGING TO DIR, KOHISTAN VALLEY, KHYBER PUKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
ALI HAZRAT1*, MOHAMMAD NISAR1, JEHANDAR SHAH2, AND SHUJAAT AHMAD3
Abstract
This article is based on the results of an ethno-botanical research of wild plants of Dir Kohistan Valley, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The main objective was to enlist the wealth of ethnobotanicaly important plants of the area. A total 40 species, belonging to 25 families of wild herbs, shrubs and trees were found to be used by the inhabitants in the valley for various diseases.