Academia Journal of Scientific Research 6(7): 307-311, July 2018 DOI: 10.15413/ajsr.2018.0128 ISSN 2315-7712 ©2018 Academia Publishing Research Paper Diversity of ethno medicinal Plants in Wazirabad District, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan Accepted 23rd June, 2018 ABSTRACT Plants are vast natural sources of significant ethno medicinal organic and inorganic ecofriendly metabolic components that are being used as probes and Fozia Noreen1, Muhammad Tamoor2, remedious agents since ancient times for local remedies. This paper documents 2 2 Muhammad Adil , Usman Mushtaq the ethonobotanical uses of thirty-two (32) medicinal plants used by local people and Qamar un Nisa1 belonging to Wazirabad District, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. The parts of plant 1University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Punjab, most commonly used in the treatment of various diseases are roots, leaves, seeds Pakistan. as well as, whole plants. The people of the Wazirabad District still depend on the 2 Universty of Gujrat, Sialkot, Punjab, uses of local plants for handling of their prime health problems. The confidence on Pakistan. medicine based over these plants is associated with the traditional beliefs. *Corresponding author. E-mail:
[email protected] Key words: Ethnomedicinal, medicinal plants, ethonobotanical uses, Pakistan. INTRODUCTION The region selected for the present study is in the Wazirabad city is at the border of district Silakot and northern Punjab province of Pakistan, Wazirabad district, Gujranwala and known as city of cutlery and surgical Gujranwala that is just in the east of the Chenāb River. instruments. The origin of Wazirabad cutlery industry can The Chenab river is spanned opposite to Wazirabad by the be traced back to the invasion of India by Alexander the Alexandra railway bridge.