Traditional use of medicinal plants among the indigenous communities in district Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India

A number of indigenous communities reside in the Himalayan belt of Baramulla, where the lack of modern health care facilities represents crucial problems to their survival. Therefore the current study was aimed at documenting traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the region. Ethnomedicinal data was collected during 2018-2020. Fifty-one informants were interviewed in seventeen villages via questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and group discussions. Data was also analyzed by various ethnobotanical indices. A total of 85 plant species distributed in 40 families were documented. Asteraceae was reported to be the dominant plant family and leaves were the most frequently utilized plant part. Musculoskeletal disorder scored the highest ICF value (0.87). Colchicum luteum (0.61), Verbascum thapsus (0.59) reported highest UV and Viola odorata, Ajuga integrifolia had the highest FL of 100%. Of the documented species about 18 plants (21%) were reported for the first time to be used in ...巴拉穆拉（Baramulla）喜马拉雅山区聚居着多个原住民社群，当地现代医疗设施的匮乏已成为威胁其生存的核心难题。本研究旨在对该区域的药用植物传统知识进行记录整理。民族植物学药用数据采集工作于2018至2020年间开展。研究团队通过问卷、半结构化访谈以及小组讨论的形式，对17个村落的51名信息提供人进行了访谈。研究同时采用多种民族植物学指标对采集到的数据进行分析。本次研究共记录到隶属于40个科的85种植物。其中菊科（Asteraceae）为优势科，叶片是最常被使用的植物部位。肌肉骨骼障碍的ICF值最高，达0.87。秋水仙（Colchicum luteum）和毛蕊花（Verbascum thapsus）的UV值最高，分别为0.61和0.59；香堇菜（Viola odorata）和多花筋骨草（Ajuga integrifolia）的FL值最高，达100%。在本次记录的物种中，约有18种植物（占比21%）为首次被报道用于……