Cross-cultural ethnobotany of the Baltis and Shinas in the Kharmang district, Trans-Himalaya India-Pakistan border.

Autor:	Hussain B; Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan., Abbas Z; Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan., Alam J; Department of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan., Harun N; Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Okara, Pakistan., Khan SM; Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan., Ahmad Z; Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan., Han H; College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05006, South Korea., Yoo S; Audit Team, Hanmoo Convention Oakwood Premier, 49, Teheran-ro 87-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06164, South Korea., Raposo A; CBIOS Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024, Lisboa, Portugal.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Mar 27; Vol. 10 (7), pp. e28613. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 27 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28613
Abstrakt:	Human communities that inhabit the political borders live a transitional life, which is due to several socio-political and geo-climatic factors. The current cross-cultural ethnomedicinal study was conducted at the highly elevated Pakistan-India borders of the Western Himalayas in order to address the medicinal flora and folk knowledge of Balti and Shina communities. Ethnobotanical field surveys were conducted from May 2021 to September 2022. We used semi-structured interviews in order to collect the ethnomedicinal data. The collected data was analyzed using the relative frequency of the citations, use value, and Venn diagrams. A total of 140 interviews were conducted, which comprised of 90 (64.28%) Baltis and 50 (35.71%) Shinas. The interviews recorded 60 medicinal plant species that belong to 56 genera and 35 families. Asteraceae (5 spp.), Lamiaceae (5 spp.), and Apiaceae (4 spp.) were the families that were the most represented. These medicinally valued plants were being used for 55 health issues that are related to different body systems. Delphinium brunonianum , Thymus linearis , Hymenolaena candollei , Corydalis adiantifolia , and Seriphidium brevifolium were medicinal taxa with maximum RFCs and UV. The Baltis have comparatively more ethnomedicinal knowledge than the Shinas. The Baltis commonly used 22 (36.66%) species, which 34 (56.66%) were exclusive to the Baltis and 4 (6.66%) to the Shinas. Both ethnic groups collectively hold significant ethnobotanical knowledge that demands the preservation of risked folk knowledge, which is due to uncertain border situations, outmigration, and permeating allopathic drugs. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2024 The Authors.)
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