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MEDICINAL FLORA OF HINGOL NATIONAL PARK,
BALUCHISTAN, PAKISTAN
RAHMATULLAH QURESHI
Abstract:
The
aim of this study was to record medicinal use of native plants by the
inhabitants of the study area. Thirty nine plant species belonging to 32
genera and 22 families were documented having medicinally important and
are being used by the local people for treating their various diseases.
Generally, 25 different ailments were treated from the reported species.
Most of the reported taxa were used as tonic (13%), followed by diarrhea
(9.2%), wound healing (7.41%), constipation, cooling agent, cough and
throat pain (5.56% each). In addition, four plant species were used to
treat fracture, stomach problems and fever of livestock. Fabaceae
contributed significant number of species (7 spp.), followed by
Asclepiadaceae, Asteraceae & Zygophyllaceae (3 spp. each), Capparaceae,
Chenopodiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Rhamnaceae, Scrophulariaceae,
Tamaricaceae and Tiliaceae (2 spp. each), while 9 families represented
by single species. For each species, botanical name, family, habit,
local name, part(s) used and ethnomedicinal uses are provided in this
paper.
Department of Botany,
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
E-mail: rahmatullahq@yahoo.com;
phytotaxonomist@gmail.com
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