DOI: 10.2478/hepo-2018-000 International journal edited by the Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants Vol. 66 No. 1 2020 Received: 2020-02-20 DOI: 10.2478/hepo-2020-0004 DOI: 10.2478/hepo-2018-000 Accepted: 2020-03-15 Available online: 2020-03-31 EXPERIMENTAL PAPER Ethnobotanical knowledge and folk medicinal significance of the flora of district Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan SYED SAQIB ALI, KHALID HUSSAIN, KHALID NAWAZ, KHIZAR HAYAT BHATTI, ZOBIA BASHIR, ARIFA NAZEER, USMAN ARIF, SANA JAFAR, EJAZ HUSSAIN SIDDIQI University of Gujrat Gujrat Pakistan *corresponding author: e-mail:
[email protected] Summary Introduction: Medicinal plants are the natural source of medicines used in treatment of many diseases among local communities of various countries. It is also the raw material for the pharmaceutical industry. Pakistan is a country with a variety of medicinal plants, comprehensively studied in some areas, while others still need more studies of their flora. Objectives: The study was performed to catalogue the flora of district Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan and to assess its ethnomedicinal importance. Methods: A field survey was conducted in the Gujrat district (including Sarai Alamgir, Gujrat and Kharian) in 2019–2020 to collect the flora. Nearly 200 people of various age groups were interviewed and the ques- tionnaire was filled, the gender and professions of the participants were also noted. Results: The plant species collected belonged to 32 different Angiosperm families i.e. Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Moraceae, Amaranthaceae, Apiaceae, Myrtaceae, Rutaceae, Solanaceae, Malvaceae, Eu- phorbiaceae and Lamiaceae. The obtained material consisted of 30 herbs, 20 shrubs and 22 trees.