PJB-2017-818
QUANTITATIVE STUDY ON FOLK KNOWLEDGE OF WILD PLANTS AMONG LOCAL PEOPLE OF TILLA JOGIAN, DISTRICT JEHLUM, PAKISTAN
MUHAMMAD AJAIB
Abstract
The research work was conducted during 2016 to observe and investigate the importance of different wild plant species around the historical place of Tilla Jogian and its adjoining areas, District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan. The methodology used to conduct the traditional ethnobotanical knowledge was based on survey of the study area and interviews from local inhabitants of areas about wild plant species. A total 64 plants were investigated belonging to 37 families during the field survey from five villages of the area. Total 45 respondents were interviewed out of which 25 were male and 20 were females. It was investigated that the wild plant species were used for single, dual and multiple uses for different purposes. The most dominant family of the area was Lamiaceae with 9 plant species. Among 64 species, 31 species (47%) have single use, 27 species (40%) have double uses while 9 species (15%) exhibited multiple uses. Large numbers of wild plants were used as medicines, fodder, fuel, food and for other uses. Quantitative analysis showed that the relative frequency of citation (RFC) values ranges from 0.97 to 0.02. The plant species which are more cited have high RFC. The plants with high use values (UV), i.e., Equisetum arvense L. (0.26), Croton bonplandianus Bail. (0.17) and Salvia plebia R. Br. (0.15) are more exploited in the study area and the species which were used to cure many disorders of the body have high relative importance (RI) values. Jaccared index (JI) values ranges from 2.07 to 16.07 which show the relationship among species of national and international areas, the cross cultured exchange of information among native communities. The ethnobotanical plant inventory was developed alphabetically by family name, botanical name, local name, part used, gathering period, gathering area and ethnobotanical uses. Biotic interferences especially grazing and cutting pressure, because of high diversity of species present in the study area. Hence the study area needs protection against these biotic interferences.
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