Study of Chemical Constituents and Medicinal Uses of Indicator Species of District Bannu

Abstract

The present study was carried out to assess record and report the chemical constituents and ethnobotanical knowledge of ornamental species of District Bannu during various months of 2013. Medicinal outlines of about forty seven ornamental plants were documented through interview local inhabitants i.e. hakims, farmers, herbalists, medicinal plant user & dealers. The present investigation comprises the indigenous uses of 47 ornamental species belonging to 33 families. Out of this rich Medicinal germplasm, 6.25% plants are wild while 75.50%, species were found to be cultivated, 18.25% species are both wild and cultivated of the total flora of this area. The survey accomplished shows that the collectors of medicinal plants include women folk (48.26%), children (24.74%) and men (27.0%). The most important medicinal families are Apocynaceae, Asteraceae, Rosaceae and Solanaceae with 3 species each (9.091%). Cactaceae, Cupressaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Nyctaginaceae and Salicaceae with 2 species each (6.061%). While the remaining 23 families having 1 species each which is 3.031% of all families. The most common medicinally important ornamental plants in the area are Bauhinia variegate L., Bevogenvalia glabra, Bryophyllum pinnatum Lam., Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don., Chrysanthemum indicum L., Cistrum diurnum L., Cistrum nocturnum L., Cupressus sempervirens, Cycas revoluta Thunb., Dodonaea viscosa Jaeq., Helianthus annus L., Jasminum officinale L., Magnolia grandifolia L., Mirabilis jalapa L., Narcissus tazetta L., Nerium oleander L., Ocimum basilicum L., Opuntia dillenii Haw., Rosa indica L., Salix babylonica L., and Thuja orientallis L.