Abstract
Plants are beneficial and recognized by almost every society on earth. In the present study, 32 villages of Tehsil Ahmad Pur East, District Bahawalpur were studied because of richness of biodiversity due to its proximity of two canals, i.e. Abu Zhabi and Abbasia, almost no ethnobotanical research was carried out in this area. 45 herbaceous species belong to 40 genera and 16 families, all the families belonged to angiosperm in which 4 families (Poaceae, Alliaceae, Cyperaceae and Asphodelaceae) were monocots (16 spp.) and remaining 12 families belong to dicots (29 spp.) predominantly Poaceae was recorded, of which 11 (60%) were (24%) were single-usage, 27 (60%) were dual-usage and 7 (16%) were multi-usage herbs were consumed as medicinal (18%), fodder (73%) and handicraft (9%). Unfortunately, the knowledge of medicinal plants initially gained by trial and error, inherited to generations is lost within the urge of industrialization as no written form of data exists. Therefore, the documentation of plants along with their important uses will be beneficial, not only for the indigenous people of the area but also for the country as a whole. Also, there is a need of sustainable use of the plants to preserve them for future generations and prevent their extinction.
