Ethnobotany of Ghalegay,District Swat,Pakistan
Ethnobotany of Ghalegay,District Swat,Pakistan作者机构:Department of Botany University of Peshawar Pakistan Department of Botany SBK Women University Quetta Pakistan
出 版 物:《云南植物研究》 (Acta Botanica Yunnanica)
年 卷 期:2006年第28卷第3期
页 面:305-314页
摘 要:Ethnobotanical study of plants revealed that the local community of Ghalegy,District Swat,invariably uses 126 species of 59 families for various *** on their traditional local uses,fifty-seven species (45.2%) were classified as medicinal,forty-seven as fire wood (37.3%),forty-five as forage (35.7%),twenty-eight as honey bee species (22.2%),twenty-seven as vegetable species (21.4%),25 as edible fruits (14 wild and 11cultivated),thirteen as timber wood (10.3%),twelve as ornamental (9.5%),eleven as furniture wood,ten as shelter and thatch makers (7.9%),ten as fencing (7.9%),five as poisonous (4%),four as religious/superstitious species,three species used in making hand sticks and wooden tools (2.4%),three as utensil cleaner species (2.4%),three as evil repellent and one as fish poisoning *** area is in plant resources and traditional knowledge but it needs ecological management for its sustainability.