title: Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants in Kotli Sattian, Rawalpindi district, Pakistan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study aimed to report the ethnomedicinal information from Kotli Sattian, district Rawalpindi for detailed medicinal uses and to inform the community about conservation of medicinal plant diversity and ethnomedicinal knowledge of plants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ethnomedicinal data were collected via Rapid Appraisal Approach (RAA) along with interview, group meetings with local people having awareness about medicinal knowledge of plants and individual meetings with local healers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study reported eighty seven (87) indigenous medicinal plants, distributed among fifty five (55) families and seventy nine (79) genera. Among these, herbs contributed 43%, trees 28%, shrubs 21% and climbing plants 8%. About 34% of herbal preparations were made from whole plants followed by the leaves (27%), fruits (08%), bark (06%), seeds (05%), root (05%), rhizome (04%), stem, flower, gum, pod and tubers (02%) and milky latex (01%). Justicia adhatoda showed the maximum use value (0.91) while Cuscuta reflexa showed the least use value (0.11).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Elder people in the study area still rely on herbal remedies although the modern heath care facilities are present in the study area; thus, the indigenous plants remain important medicines in solving health problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: zafeer@iiu.edu.pk.
authors.forename: Zafeer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Saqib
authors.affiliation: Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, PO 45320, Pakistan. Electronic address: adilqau5@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Adeel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.affiliation: Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, PO 45320, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Riffat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naseem Malik
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Aqeel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Jabir
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hussian Syed
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, PO 45320, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Tahira
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification; D044382:Population Groups
keywords: Etno-medicines; Indigenous knowledge; Kotli Sattian; Local healers; Rapid appraisal approach