Ethnobotanical knowledge and ethnomedicinal uses of plant resources by urban communities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: a novel urban ethnobotanical approach

Table 4 Use values of different plant species for the treatment of different diseases

Disease name	Plant name	Habit	No of citation by informants	Total informants	Use value
Alopecia	A. sativum	Herb	31	101	0.31
Chest infection	C. fistula	Tree	77	101	0.76
Constipation	P. lenceolata	Herb	65	101	0.64
Dental problems	O. basillicum	Herb	47	101	0.47
Dyspepsia	M. piperita	Herb	51	101	0.50
Devil repellants	P. harmala	Herb	43	101	0.43
Diabetes	C. tuberculata	Herb	39	101	0.39
Ear diseases	S. cumini	Herb	79	101	0.78
Gingivitis	M. azadirachta	Tree	15	101	0.15
Hemorrhoids	C. fistula	Tree	35	101	0.35
Helminthiasis	P. harmala	Herb	48	101	0.48
Hypertension	A. sativum	Herb	63	101	0.62
Kidney disorders	A. cepa	Herb	21	101	0.21
Obesity	C. tuberculata	Herb	60	101	0.59
Ophthalmic diseases	D. carota	Herb	39	101	0.39
Oral ulcers	F. vulgare	Herb	27	101	0.27
Pyrexia	B. compestris	Herb	31	101	0.31
Sore throat	M. arvensis	Herb	5	101	0.05
Vomiting	C. limon	Herb	3	101	0.03
Wounds healing	M. arvensis	Herb	13	101	0.13
Xeroderma	A. vera	Herb	19	101	0.19

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