title: An ethnobotanical survey of indigenous medicinal plants in Wana district south Waziristan agency, Pakistan.
abstract: Medicinal plants are treasure of any region for ailment treatment. The present research work was focused to document the indigenous knowledge of unexplored area of Wana, South Waziristan Agency, Pakistan. This was the very first study, to explore the potential ethno-medicinal plants of study area.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected by opting people participation involving interviews, group meetings, semi structured discussions and filling of questionnaires.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A total 50 wild medicinal plants belonging to 30 families were collected. Medicinal plants used against the stomach disorders were 10% followed by the cold/cough (8%), hepatitis (7%), diuretic (7%), sedative/narcotic (7%), tonic (6%), asthma (5%), cardiac problems (4%), jaundice (4%) and so on. Among plant parts used for indigenous medicines, leaves were (24%) followed by the fruit (15%), root (12%), seed (11%), whole plant (9%), arial parts (8%), flower (6%), rhizome, bark and stem (4%), bulbs (2%) and pods (1%). Xanthium strumarium reported the highest use value i.e. 0.95.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People of Wana still rely on indigenous plants for their basic healthcare needs. Harvesting of roots and whole plants is a big threat to conservation of medicinal plants diversity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Manzoor
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ullah
authors.forename: Muhammad Usman
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Adeel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Riffat Naseem
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Sultan Mehmood
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wazir
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daud
authors.forename: Zabta Khan
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Shinwari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D019448:Ethnobotany; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D010154:Pakistan; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
keywords: Ailments; Ethno-medicines; Medicinal plants; Wana; Waziristan