Ethnobotanical study of some cultivated plants of Chhuchh region [District Attock]

ABSTRACT

The paper is based on the results of an ethnobotanical research project conducted in the area of Chhuchh, district Attock [Pakistan] during March-May 2000. The region is the most fertile area of Attock district with very gentle slope. There is no mountain range in this area. The remote villages of the area have been rarely visited by the botanists, hence ethnobotanical information is quite meagre. The inhabitants of the area have always used cultivated plants for various medicinal purposes and have for a long time been dependent on the surrounding plant resources for their food, shelter, fodder, ornamental, fuel, health care etc. This study mainly focuses on the information regarding traditional uses of plants for medicinal as well as other purposes by the local inhabitants. A total number of 30 cultivated plant species belonging to 26 genera of 17 Angiospermic families are used by local inhabitants for medicinal, shelter, food, ornamental, fuel and fodder purposes: