PJB-2018-800
Exploration of medicinal phyto-diversity of semi-arid area in Punjab-Pakistan
Muhammad Adnan Akram
Abstract
This is the first baseline ethno-botanical study about the medicinal plants of district Faisalabad, Punjab-Pakistan. Main theme behind the explorative study was to document and citation of existing ethno-medicinal data, and to provide ethnic calculation and information about local traditional herbal treatments. Overall, 300 local informants were interviewed from different locations of the district. The collected data was evaluated by using different quantitative ethno-botanical tools, i.e. informant consensus factor (ICF), relative frequency of citation (RFC), use value (UV), fidelity level (FL),RPL, ROP and Jaccard index (JI).A total number of 61 plant species belonging to 53 genera and 29 families were found in use for 15 disease categories. . Ficus carica (0.83), Albizzia lebbeck (0.73) and Psidium guajava (0.71) were found the most used medicinal plant species in area with highest UV. The 100% FL was calculated for Acacia nilotica being used against gastro, respiratory, diabetics and hypertensives diseases. The highest RFC value was calculated for Citrus aurantifolia. The maximum ICF index was calculated forgastro-intestinal problems respiratory problems, fever, headache, and skin infection. The nine out of 21 plant species were found popular on the basis of calculated RPL and ROP values. The comparative study by calculating JI with reported literature shown 8.18% resemblance and 12.81% distinction with prior studies. However 79.01% medicinal uses of the reported species were documented first time. The plant species reported with high RPL index should befurther analyzed for phytochemical and pharmacological screening.
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