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ResearchJournal article14 February 2026

Ethnobotanical heritage and conservation priorities of medicinal flora in a remote Himalayan border region of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Aakash Ayoub, Sidra Kanwal, Zakia Binish, Samiullah Khan, Ivana Vitasović-Kosić, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad

Scientific Reports

Described by its authors as the first quantitative ethnobotanical study of Tehsil Abbaspur in District Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, on the Line of Control, it records 125 medicinal plants from 62 informants. Cannabis sativa, locally called Bhang (voucher AA-43), is used there in a decoction of the whole plant taken internally for whooping cough and skin diseases, and 21 informants cited it, a relative frequency of citation of 0.33. The authors report that women knew more plant uses than men and that younger generations are losing these practices. Cannabis is one entry in a wider inventory, so it gives a dated attestation of a vernacular name and use from the Pakistani-administered side of Kashmir.

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DOI10.1038/s41598-026-39964-9

CountryPakistan

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2026-02-14 2026-10-15 Ethnobotanical heritage and conservation priorities of medicinal flora in a remote Himalayan border region of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Journal article Culture Aakash Ayoub, Sidra Kanwal, Zakia Binish, Samiullah Khan, Ivana Vitasović-Kosić, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad Scientific Reports 2026 10.1038/s41598-026-39964-9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-39964-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-39964-9.pdf Described by its authors as the first quantitative ethnobotanical study of Tehsil Abbaspur in District Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, on the Line of Control, it records 125 medicinal plants from 62 informants. Cannabis sativa, locally called Bhang (voucher AA-43), is used there in a decoction of the whole plant taken internally for whooping cough and skin diseases, and 21 informants cited it, a relative frequency of citation of 0.33. The authors report that women knew more plant uses than men and that younger generations are losing these practices. Cannabis is one entry in a wider inventory, so it gives a dated attestation of a vernacular name and use from the Pakistani-administered side of Kashmir. Pakistan