ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES OF PLANTS OF MIANWALI DISTRICT PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

Medicinally important plants are necessary for the production of the various drugs and curing diseases. The local people use 26 species of the vascular plants of the Mianwali district for medicine, furniture and agricultural implements and as the food. The local community is extremely knowledgeable about local plants but unfortunately this knowledge is going to be lost as traditional culture is disappearing. The information obtained while studying the flora of Mianwali District, Punjab is presented here. For each plant its botanical name. family name, vernacular names and method of using this plant is given. Total of 21 species belonging to 16 families were recorded for the medicinal use and five species utilized for agricultural implements and for other purposes.