Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan.
This study hypothesized that native people have unique traditional knowledge of plant resources in the rural areas and basic objective was the documentation of this valuable inheritance. Ethnobotanical data was collected from a remote rural area of Mandi Ahmad Abad, Union council number NA-144 Tehsi...
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| author | Mubashrah Munir Sehrish Sadia Adnan Khan Bakht Zareen Rahim Brian Gagosh Nayyar Khawaja Shafique Ahmad Arshad Mahmood Khan Ishrat Fatima Rahmatullah Qureshi |
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| description | This study hypothesized that native people have unique traditional knowledge of plant resources in the rural areas and basic objective was the documentation of this valuable inheritance. Ethnobotanical data was collected from a remote rural area of Mandi Ahmad Abad, Union council number NA-144 Tehsil Depalpur District Okara, Pakistan. A total of 94 informants were randomly interviewed to collect data about local names of plant species, mode of administration, recipes and ailments, and ethnobotanical uses through semi-structured questionnaire, interviews and group discussion methods. The collected data was statistically analyzed by calculating use value (UV), frequency of citation (FC), relative frequency of citation (RFC), factor of informant consensus (FIC), family importance value, and relative importance (RI). This study is also compared with ethnobotanical literature by using Jaccard's index (JI) for similarity analysis. A total of 126 species belonging to 52 families were documented. The Poaceae (13spp.), Leguminosae (12spp.), Solanaceae (10spp.) and Cucurbitaceae (10spp.) were dominant families. Highest used value (UV = 0.22) was obtained for Azadirachta indica. The minimum used value (UV) was showed by Alhagi maurorum, Eclipta prostrata, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Solanum virginianum and Trianthema potulacastrum (UV = 0.01). Hepatitis, stomach ulcer, bowel disorders, urinary problems, psoriasis, cancer, and leucoderma were the most treated ailments with ICF value of 1, followed by leucorrhea (ICF: 0.89), and vomiting (ICF: 0.86). The highest Jaccard's similarity index value (JI = 0.329) showed that plant species reported in our study was more similar with Arid regions of Northern Punjab, Pakistan. This novel ethnobotanical report concluded that traditional knowledge about use of medicinal plants is decreasing due to allopathic medicines. Immediate steps should be taken for conservation and documentation of traditional knowledge of plants especially those having medicinal properties. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ab097b604994b7bac903ff45c42fb0e2023-04-21T05:35:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01174e026512510.1371/journal.pone.0265125Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan.Mubashrah MunirSehrish SadiaAdnan KhanBakht Zareen RahimBrian Gagosh NayyarKhawaja Shafique AhmadArshad Mahmood KhanIshrat FatimaRahmatullah QureshiThis study hypothesized that native people have unique traditional knowledge of plant resources in the rural areas and basic objective was the documentation of this valuable inheritance. Ethnobotanical data was collected from a remote rural area of Mandi Ahmad Abad, Union council number NA-144 Tehsil Depalpur District Okara, Pakistan. A total of 94 informants were randomly interviewed to collect data about local names of plant species, mode of administration, recipes and ailments, and ethnobotanical uses through semi-structured questionnaire, interviews and group discussion methods. The collected data was statistically analyzed by calculating use value (UV), frequency of citation (FC), relative frequency of citation (RFC), factor of informant consensus (FIC), family importance value, and relative importance (RI). This study is also compared with ethnobotanical literature by using Jaccard's index (JI) for similarity analysis. A total of 126 species belonging to 52 families were documented. The Poaceae (13spp.), Leguminosae (12spp.), Solanaceae (10spp.) and Cucurbitaceae (10spp.) were dominant families. Highest used value (UV = 0.22) was obtained for Azadirachta indica. The minimum used value (UV) was showed by Alhagi maurorum, Eclipta prostrata, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Solanum virginianum and Trianthema potulacastrum (UV = 0.01). Hepatitis, stomach ulcer, bowel disorders, urinary problems, psoriasis, cancer, and leucoderma were the most treated ailments with ICF value of 1, followed by leucorrhea (ICF: 0.89), and vomiting (ICF: 0.86). The highest Jaccard's similarity index value (JI = 0.329) showed that plant species reported in our study was more similar with Arid regions of Northern Punjab, Pakistan. This novel ethnobotanical report concluded that traditional knowledge about use of medicinal plants is decreasing due to allopathic medicines. Immediate steps should be taken for conservation and documentation of traditional knowledge of plants especially those having medicinal properties.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265125 |
| spellingShingle | Mubashrah Munir Sehrish Sadia Adnan Khan Bakht Zareen Rahim Brian Gagosh Nayyar Khawaja Shafique Ahmad Arshad Mahmood Khan Ishrat Fatima Rahmatullah Qureshi Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan. PLoS ONE |
| title | Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan. |
| title_full | Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan. |
| title_fullStr | Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan. |
| title_short | Ethnobotanical study of Mandi Ahmad Abad, District Okara, Pakistan. |
| title_sort | ethnobotanical study of mandi ahmad abad district okara pakistan |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265125 |
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