Ethnobotanical study of village Thanda Paani in Islamabad, Pakistan

The present study was conducted to record valuable ethno botanical and ethno medicinal knowledge of village Thanda Pani.A total of 66 plants species were recorded belonging to 59 genera and 29 families, which are being used by local inhabitants for various purposes.In order to collect folk wisdom of Thanda Pani Village, Hakims and various local old men and women were interviewed.The information obtained by the current study is presented here along with their botanical names, vernacular names, family name, plant parts used and ethno-medicinal use.The most dominant family was Asteraceae, which contributed 10 plant species (15.15%), followed by Poaceae (10.61%),Brassicaceae (7.58%), Amaranthaceae (6.06%), Papilionaceae (6.06%) and Chenopodiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Polygonaceae, Verbenaceae (4.55% each), remaining families had few number of plant species.The use of plants as medicine was common in study area (35%) followed by fodder and forage (24%), vegetable (14%), fruit (13%), fuel (6%), building material (5%) and other uses (3%).Mostly whole plant is used for preparation of traditional herbal recipes (31 spp.) followed by leaves (20spp.),stem (5spp.),flower and fruit (4spp.), while remaining 3 parts are rarely used The Tukey Kramer Multiple Comparisons Test between different parameters of ethno-botanical study indicated that Medicine, food, fruit and vegetables have strong relationship between them as well as fuel resources and building materials also have strong relationship between them in the different plant species.The present work will provide a guideline for future studies about the utilization and conservation of indigenous plants.