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INTRODUCTION
Ethnobotany plays an important role to grasp the dynamic interaction between biological diversity and social and traditional systems through traditional knowledge (Ahmad et al., 2008; Maqbool et al., 2019). It is one of the exceedingly growing science, and people of diverse academic backgrounds are attracted (Macdonald, 2009). Now a days ethnobotany is becoming more systematic, methodical, coherent, quantitative and multi institutional (Hamilton et al., 2003,).
Wazirabad an industrial Tehsil of Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan is a predominant place for manufacturing of cutlery items (District Census Report Gujranwala1998). The Population of Wazirabad Tehsil is 102474 people, situated at Latitude 32,4500 (3227'0.000"N) and altitude 74,1167 (747'0.120"E). Shrivastava and Kanungo (2013) reported that there were 15 plant species observed to be successfully utilized for treating diabetes by the Uraon clan of Surguja area Chhattisgarh. (Gilani et al., 2014) that common people of Pakistan have firm belief that ethno-medicinal plants are used for many diseases (Amjad et al., 2015; Siddique, et al., 2019).) reported that ethnobotanical usages of 104 plant species were utilized as therapeutic agents. Their leaves were utilized for the formulation of indigenous formulae.
Hassan et al. (2017) suggested that vegetation of Sangina Pakistan could be profitable medicinal plants used to treat various diseases. Miara et al. (2018) during a survey study in Algerian nomadic communities found that 97 medicinal plant species were used by local people for treatment of different ailments.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study was conducted in Tehsil Wazirabad, District Gujranwala, Punjab Pakistan during October 2017-July 2018. The plant samples were collected and dried to mount on herbarium sheets (Canson Sheets)) and were identified with distinctive field guides. Voucher specimens of plant species were matched with flora of Pakistan and were placed in herbarium of Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Gujrat Pakistan. Pencil, notebook, papers for plant pressing/drying (Blotting paper, newspaper), polythene bag, knife seizer and camera were kept ready to capture the plant species. The age of informants was from 25-85 years which include male, female and neighborhood hakims. Changing of qualitative data into quantitative was important for hypothesis testing, quantitative authentication and relative analysis (Hoffman and Gallaher, 2007). Quantitative analysis helps in identifying the medicinal importance of a plant (Andrade and Heinrich, 2011).
The ethnobotanical records were evaluated by means...