Quantitative Ethnobotany of the Plants of District Swabi, Tehsil Razar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

The present study presents first tentative attempt to determine the quantitative ethnobotanical profile of plants of Tehsil Razar, District Swabi. Relative frequency citation (RFC) and Use value (UV) of plant resources were calculated. Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) was calculated to find any significance between RFC and UV. A total of 60 plants from 37 families had ethnobotanical importance in the investigated area. It included 1 pteridophyte, 13 monocots and 46 dicots. Quantitative results showed that 24 species with the highest RFC value of 1, were important in the area in terms of their uses. Acacia modesta, Acacia nilotica sub sp. nilotica and Ailanthus altissima were popular and common medicinal plants in the study area with highest use value of 6.07, 5.60 and 3.40 respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) between RFC and UV was 0.01 with P value well below than 1% which demonstrate a highly significant correlation between RFC and UV.