Abstract
Ethno botanical study revealed that 44 species of 31 families are being used by the local people of Dheri /Julagrarn Malakand Agency. These plants are invariably used as a crud drugs for treating various diseases. Local name and disease treated is recorded. Some of the species like Mentha longifolia, Nasturtium officinale, Ainaranthus viridis and Calotropis procera etc., are available in abundance. The people collect these plants for their personal use only. Other species are threatened due to over collection, overgrazing and deforestation. The information collected shows that the people mostly use allopathic medicines. The ethnobotanical knowledge about the use of medicinal plants is rests most with the elders.
