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MEDICINAL FLORA OF HINGOL NATIONAL PARK, BALUCHISTAN, PAKISTAN

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dc.contributor.author RAHMATULLAH QURESHI
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-21T04:06:29Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-21T04:06:29Z
dc.date.issued 2012-04-20
dc.identifier.citation Qureshi, R. (2012). Medicinal flora of hingol national park, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Pak J Bot, 44(2), 725-732. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2070-3368
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15388
dc.description.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. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi en_US
dc.title MEDICINAL FLORA OF HINGOL NATIONAL PARK, BALUCHISTAN, PAKISTAN en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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