Ethnobotanical Profile of Weed Flora of District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37962/jbas.v9i1.117Keywords:
Ethnobotany, Weed species, Local uses, Annual or Perennial, Wheat, Maize and Garlic Crops, District Charsadda, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAbstract
District Charsadda is a very important center of plant biodiversity in the central plain of Peshawar valley, Pakistan. The present study was carried out during March 2015 to April 2016 to investigate the ethnobotanical profile of common weed flora present in district Charsadda, KP, Pakistan. The study revealed that there were 40 weed species belonging to 21 families. Among them 25 weeds were annual herb, 9 weeds were perennial herb, three were annual grass, one was climbing herb, one was the parasitic weed, and one was rhizomatic grass. The dominant families were Asteraceae, Fabaceae and poaceae having 5 species (12.5%) each followed by Ranunculaceae 3 species (7.5%). plants were systematically arranged into botanical names, local names, families, habit, habitat, partly used, flowering periods, locality and ethnobotanical uses. The main aim of the study is the documentation and ethnobotanical information of the weed flora growing in the area.
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