2022
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263604
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Indigenous knowledge and quantitative ethnobotany of the Tanawal area, Lesser Western Himalayas, Pakistan

Abstract: Ethnobotanical field surveys were carried out in the Tanawal area of the Lesser Himalayan Region, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Province from April 2016 to October 2017. The area is located between 34.36 (34° 21’ 30 N) latitude and 73.07 (73° 4’ 0 E) longitude with an average elevation of 1374 meters above sea level. Ethnomedicinal data were collected through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), and participants were selected through the snow-boll technique. Semi-structured, in-depth and open-ended interviews were cond… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3
1
1

Citation Types

3
23
0
1

Year Published

2022
2022
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
7
1

Relationship

2
6

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 28 publications
(27 citation statements)
references
References 43 publications
3
23
0
1
Order By: Relevance
“…This shows the sociodynamics of the study area. As documented in previous studies, in Pakistan, females are still under-privileged [37,38]. During the data collection, it was also observed that ethnobotanical knowledge is becoming restricted only to the elder people (52% were above 50 years) and Hakeems (42%) (Table 2).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
See 2 more Smart Citations
“…This shows the sociodynamics of the study area. As documented in previous studies, in Pakistan, females are still under-privileged [37,38]. During the data collection, it was also observed that ethnobotanical knowledge is becoming restricted only to the elder people (52% were above 50 years) and Hakeems (42%) (Table 2).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…Quantitative indices supported the identification of homogeneity in the traditional knowledge [38]. Plants with higher RFCs showed their popularity and trust among the local people of the study area [48].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 55%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…The majority of informants fell within the middle-aged bracket of 40 to 60 years (50%), followed by those above 60 years of age (28%). Younger individuals, aged between 20 to 40 years, displayed a reduced inclination towards herbal treatments and the traditional wisdom of their elders, a trend noted in various ethnobotanical studies (Abbas et al 2017;Bibi et al 2022).…”
Section: Participant Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Herbs play a vital role in forest ecosystems, particularly in the Kashmir Himalayas, and are utilized by local communities for their daily needs [15,45]. Herbs, both annual and perennial, contain a considerable amount of bioactive chemicals and other secondary metabolites, which are highly effective in treating seasonal illnesses [46,47].…”
Section: Life Forms and Plant Part(s) Usedmentioning
confidence: 99%