Indigenous uses of caesalpinia bonduc [L.] roxb. with particular reference to the people of nara desert, Sindh, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

Caesalpinia bonduc [Linn.] Roxb., is utilized in alternative systems of medicine i.e. in Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine for fever. Local people/Hakims get benefits from the use of this plant as a crude drug particularly in pain and fever. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to get information about local uses of this plant. This information will be useful to recognize its efficacy in different ailments. The plant specimens are described, identified, illustrated and deposited in the Herbarium of Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur for record. In this paper, indigenous uses of the medicinal plant Caesalpinia bonduc [Linn.] Roxb., have been discussed with particular reference to the people of Nara Desert, Sindh, Pakistan