Ethnobotanical studies on plant resources of Ranyal Hills, District Shangla, Pakistan.

Abstract

Ethobotanical information were collected on 97 plant species from Ranyal Hills District Shangla, Pakistan. These plants were classified for their traditional medicinal and economic uses. Many of these plants have more than one local use. There were 37 fuel species, 37 forage/fodder species, 31 medicinal species, 18 edible species, 12 species used for making shelter, 10 vegetables species, 9 poisonous species, 7 ornamental species, 6 timber wood species, 4 furniture wood species, 4 species used for fencing, 4 honey bee plants, 3 species for agricultural tools, 2 species used as flavoring agents, 2 species for making mats and baskets, 2 species used with religious belief , 2 species for cleaning teeth, 1 species as tea substitute,1 fiber yielding species, 1 species as adhesive, 1 irritant species and 1 species for making pens.