ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF SOME PLANTS OF DARGUTI, TEHSIL KHUIRATTA, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR
The ethnobotanical survey on the medicinal plants of Darguti, Tehsil Khuiratta, Azad Jammu and Kashmir was documented during 2014 2015 by interviewing the local inhabitants through a questionnaire. A total of 100 plants species belonging to 47 families were recorded. It was noticed that people uses plants as vegetables and fodder, fuel as well as medicinal purposes. Local people use to cure different diseases like tetanus, diabetes, dysentery, asthma, kidney infection, constipation, gastric ulcer, bronchial diseases, gonorrhea, scabies, throat irritation and many types of skin diseases by using local plants. The most dominant family of this area was Asteraceae. Among 100 plants, 64 have multiple usages, 12 have single usage and 24 have dual usage.