1 Forest Trees Botanical Name: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Abies pindrow Royle Achar Zarnab (U); West Himalayan Silver Fir (Eng.) Tall coniferous tree of temperate regions Botanical Name: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Acacia modesta Wall Palosa Phulai (U) Tree Botanical Name: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Achyranthus aspera L. Gishkay Puthkanda (U) A perennial wasteland herb Botanical name: Local Name: Common names: Habit: Acorus calamus L. Skhawaja. Warch (U); Sweet flag (Engl.) Herb of moist places Botanical Name: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Adiantum venestum D.Don. Sumbal Persoshan (U); Maiden Hair Fern (Eng.) Shade and moisture loving small fern Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Adiantum nigrum L. Sumbal Shade and moisture loving fern Botanical Name: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Aesculus indica (Wall. ex. Cambl.) Hk.f. Jawaz Horse Chestnut (Eng.) A large deciduous tree of temperate areas Botanical Name: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Ailanthus altissima (Mill) Swingle Backyanra Tree of Heaven (Eng.) Large size fast growing cultivated tree 2 Botanical Name: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex. Benth. Khwaga Bootei Kauri Booti & Neel Khanti (U) Shade loving herb growing in crevices Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Allium cepa Linn, Piaz A cultivated vegetable Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Allium sativum Linn Ooga A common cultivated vegetable Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Alnus nitida Endl Geiray Tree growing along water courses. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Amaratus viridis Linn. Syn: Amaranthus gracilis Linn Chalwaey Annual herb every common in summer. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Andrancne cordifolia Muell. Krachay A perennial herb Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Amaranthus spinosus Linn Chalwaey A common annual weed at waste places Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Apluda mutica Linn Wakha Common grass Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Arisaema flavum schott Marjarai Perennial herb of moist shady habitat. Botanical Name: Artemisia scoporia Waldst and Ket. Syn: Artemisia trichophylla Wall. Ex DC Jaukay Leaves, shoots,seeds Local Name: Habit: 3 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Aristida cyanatha Neez ex Steud Wakha Common grass growing everywhere in plains and foot hills. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Asparagus officinalis Linn. Tendorai Perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Asphodelus tenuifolius Cavan Piazakay, Oogakaey Common spring weed Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Avena sativa Linn. Jamdar An annual weed of wheat field. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Berberis lycium Royle Kwaray Spiny shrub of exposed places Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Bergenia himalyca Boriss Makanpat Rhizomatous plant of shady moist habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Brassica camapestris Linn. Sharshum A cultivated vegetable and oil seed crop. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Brassica campestris Linn . Var. rapa. Tepar A cultivated vegetable Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Brassica olaraceae Linn . Var. botrytis Ghobi A cultivated vegetable. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Buxus sempervirense HK.f. Shamshad Shrub growing under trees Botanical Name: Calotropic procera (Willd.) R.Br. 4 Local Name: Habit: Syn: Asciepias procera Willd. Spulmaey Common weed of waste, dry and exposed. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Calendula arvensis Linn. Zair gulae. An annual wild herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Calendula officinale Linn. Zair gulae A cultivated ornamental herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Canabis sativa Linn. Syn: Canabis indica Lamk. Bhang An annual wild herb of waste places. Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Bth ex HK.f. Syn: Boucerosia edulis Edgew. Pamankay A succulent perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Conyza canadensis Conquist Malloch Common wild herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Capsella bursa-pastoris (Linn.) Medic. Bambaisa An annual weed. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Capsicum annum Linn. Ghat Marchakay An annual cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Celtis caucasica Linn. Tagha A medium to tall size tree of foot hills Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Clematis grata Wall. Ghrazela Common wild climbing herb. 5 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Chenopodium album Linn. Sarmay An annual wild weed of fields. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Convolulus arvensis Linn. Prewatai An annual climbing herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Colocasia esculentum Linn. Kachaloo Cultivated vegetable Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Cotonester microphylla Wall Kharawa A medium sized shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Colchicum Luteum Baker. Suranjan-e-sherin Rhizomatous plant of moist temperate forests. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Citrulus colocynthis Shard. Syn: Cucumis colocynthis Linn Kalkundaey A prostrate herb found in dry maize fields. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Coriandrum sativum Linn. Dhanyal An annual cultivated herb Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Cucumis sativus Linn. Badrang Prostrate to climbing herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Cucurbita Spp. Bindol A cultivated climbing herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Cucurbita maxima Linn. Khog Kadoo A cultivated prostrate to climbing herb. 6 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Cucurbita pepo Linn. Gharangy Kadoo An annual prostrate to climbing cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Daphne oloides Schreb. Laighonai Common chrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Datura innoxia Mill Dhatura/Mangaz Common waste land herb. Botanical Name: salicifollia D.Don Local Name: Habit: Debregeasia salicifolia (D. Don) Rendle Syn: Boehmeria Ajlai A water course shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) P.Beauv. Wakha. A common grass. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Dicanthium annulatum (Forssk) Wahka Common medium sized grass. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Diospyrus lotus Linn. (Fig. 3) Toor amlook A wild medium sized tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: lotus. Diospyrus kaki Linn .(Fig. 4) Ziar Amlook This Japanese persimmon is grafted in the local Diospyrus Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. Bangaya A medium sized grass of dry habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Dodonea viscosa (L.) Jacq. (Fig. 5) Ghwaraskay. A shrubby plant of exposed dry habitat. Syn: Daphne mucronata Royle 7 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Dryopteris stewartii More K ze. Unknown. A fern of moist shady areas. Botanical Name: Local Name: Fragaria indica Andrew. Da Zamki Toot. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Echinops graffithianus Boiss. Unknown A common spiny weed of exposed sites. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Equisetum arvense Linn. Bandakay. A tall narrow herb of moist habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Ehretia obtusifolia Hochst . ex DC. (Fig . 6) Syn: Ehretia obvata R. Br. Ghada botay. A medium sized shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Euphorbia helioscopa Linn. Prewatka. An annual weed of fields. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Euphoriba prostrata Ait. Warmaga. A prostrate annual herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Euphorbia wallichii Hk.f. Shangla A common herb in moist temperate forests. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Eriophorum comosum (Wall ex Roxb) Nees. Wakha Grass of dry habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Eucalptus globulus. Lachi. Tall cultivated tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Ficus carica Forsk Inzar 8 Habit: Medium sized cultivated tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Ficus palmate Forsk Syn: Ficus varigata Roxb. Inzar A medium sized wild tree growing on slopes. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Gentiana kurroo Royle. Unknown Small herb is exposed habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Geranium collinum Steph ex Willd. Srazella A perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Gymnosporia royleana Wall ex Lawson Soor azghay. A spiny shrub of foot hills Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Hedera nepalensis K. Koch. Da Wano kalay. Tall liana climbing trees. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Helianthus annuus Linn. Nwar parast. A tall cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Heteropogon contortus (L.) P. Beauv. Ex. Roem. & Schult. Barwaza. A medium sized grass. Botanical Name: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Syn: Hibiscus esculentus Linn. Bhindi. A cultivated vegetable in summer. Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Indigeofera heterantha Wall. Ex Brand. Syn: Indigeofera gerardiana Wall ex Baker. Ghoureja. A medium sized shrub of exposed habitat. Ipomoea carica Jacq. 9 Local Name: Habit: Syn: Ipomoea palmata Forssk. Unknown. A wild climbing weed in maize field. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Uses: Jasminum humile Linn. Zair Rambail Chambail/Yasmin. A wild ornamental climbing shrub. It is ornamental. Root decoction is used for curing ringworms. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Jasminum officinale Linn. Spin Rambail Chambail, Yasmin. A wild cultivated ornamental plant. Botanical Name: Synonym: Family: Local Name: Common Names: Habit: Justicia adhatoda L. Adhatoda vasica Nees . Acanthaceae Baikar Arusa & Bhekar (U); Malabar Nut & Casaka (Eng.) Non palatable shrub Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Juglans regia Linn. Ghuz A wild/cultivated large deciduous tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Limmonium gilesii (Hemsl. & Aitch) Rech. f. Watwatakay. Succulent herb of dry exposed hills. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Lathyrus sativus Linn. Chillo. A prostrate herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Lathyrus apache Linn. Kurkamanay. Prostrate herb. Botanical Name: Luffa cylindrica (L.) Room. Syn: Luffa aegyptica Miller. ex Hk. f. Torai. A cultivated climbing vegetable. Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Malus pumila Mill. 10 Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Syn: Pyrus malus Linn. Manra. A cultivated fruit trtee with many varities. Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. Syn: Mentha sylvestris Linn. Villanay. A perennial herb of moist area. Local Name: Habit: Mentha spicata Linn. Syn: Mentha viridus Linn. Podina. A perennial cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Melia azedarach Linn. Tora Bikyana, Shandai. A medium sized wild/cultivated tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Malva neglecta Wall. Panerak, Samchal A cultivated hurb Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Mirabilis jalapa Linn. Gul-e-Bada. A perennial ornamental herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Morchella esculenta (Linn.) Pers ex Fr. Goujai Mushroom of moist temperate habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Micromeria biflora (Bunhi Ham ex D. Don. Benth) Unknown Small herb of crevices. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Morus alba Linn. Spin toot. A cultivated or wild deciduous tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Morus nigra Linn. Toor Toot. A cultivated or wild deciduous tree. 11 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Myrsine Africana Linn. Maru-rang A medium sized shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Myrtus cummunis Linn. Manro A medium sized shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Memordica charantia Linn. Karela A cultivated prostrate to climbing herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Narcissus tazetta Linn. Gul-e-Gangass, Gul-e-Nargis. A perennial herb of graveyards flowering in early spring. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Nasturtium officinale R. Br. Talmeera. A perennial herb of moist habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Nerium indicum Mill .(Fig.7) Syn: Nerium odorum Soland. Ganderay A huge shrub of water courses. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Nicotiana tabaccum Linn. Tambacco Cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Olea ferrugenea Royle Khona Tall evergreen tree specified to graveyards. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Origanum vulgare Linn. Syn: origanum normal D.Don Shamakay A perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Oryza sativa Linn. Sholy Cultivated staple crop where there is plenty of water. 12 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Onychium japonicum (Thunb.). Kze Not known Fern of moist temperate forests. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Otostegia limbata (Bth.) Boiss Syn: Ballota limbata Bth. Spin azghay, Pishkanr. A small sized shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Oxalis corniculata Linn. Manzakay Tarookay. A perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Papaver rhoeas Linn Alak Janaey An annual plant flowering early in spring. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Papaver somniferum Linn. Qash-Qash A rarely cultivated herb on margins of gardens Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Paeonia emodi Wall ex Hk. f. Mamaikh A perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Plantago lanceolatum Linn. Jabai An annual herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Polygonum arenastrum boreau Not known A perennial herb of moist habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Polygonum barbatum Linn. Pulpulak A perennial herb of moist habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Polygonum amplexicaulis HK. f. Tarva parna. A perennial herb of temperate habitat.0 Botanical Name: Portulaca olearacea Linn. 13 Local Name: Habit: Warkharae. A cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Podophyllum emodi Wall. Ex Royle Kakora A shade loving herb Botanical Name: Populus caspica Bornm Syn: Pinus longifolia Roxb. Ex Lamb Nakhtar A characteristic tree of subtropical pine forest. Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson Syn: Pinus excelsa Wall Peeuch A characteristic tall tree of moist temperate habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Picea smithiana (Wall) Boiss Mangazaey Characteristic conifer of moist temperate forest. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Pisum sativum Linn. Matar A cultivated climbing herb Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Platanus orientalis Linn Chinar A cultivated/wild huge deciduous tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Plectranthus rugosus Wall. Ex Bth Burtus, Spirkay A medium sized shrub of exposed dry places. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Prunus domestica Linn. Alucha. A medium sized cultivated fruit tree with many varieties. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Prnus armeniaca Marsh. Khubanai A cultivated fruit tree with many varities. 14 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Prunus persica Linn. Syn: Amagdalus persica Linn Shaltalu A small sized wild/cultivated fruit tree with many varieties. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Punica granatum Linn. Ananghorai A wild/cultivated fruit yielding small bush like tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Pteredium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn Syn: Pteris equilinum Linn Kwanjai A perennial fern of moist shady area. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Pyrus pashia Ham ex. D. Don Tangai A wild fruit tree Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Quercus dialatata Lindle ex Royle Spin banj. A slow growing tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Quercus incana Roxb. Toor banj A slow growing tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Ranunculus aquatalis Linn. Jaghagha An equatic herb Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Raphanus sativus Linn Mooley. Cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Ricinis communis Linn. Herhanda A perennial herbaceous shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Rosa moschata J. Herm. Zangaley Gulab Climbing shrub of hilly areas. 15 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Rosa spp. Palwari Climbing to prostrate shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Robinia pseudoaccacia Linn. Kikar A cultivated tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Part Uses: Uses: Rubus ellipticus Smith. Sra karwara A climbing shrub. Fruit, leaves. Leaves serve as fodder for goats, hedge plant. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Rubus fruticousus Hk. f. Karwara A prostrate to climbing shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Rumex nepalensis Spreng. Shalkhay A perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Rumex hastatus Linn Tarookay Common plant of cliffs. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Saccharum bengalnese Retz. Sharghashay A grass of water course and field margins. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Saccharum spontaneum Linn. Kahai A grass of moist, marchy habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Salix babylonica Linn Wala. Dicidous tree along water courses Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Salix tetrasperma Roxb. Wala A deciduous tree along water courses. 16 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv Wakha Small grass of fields and waste areas. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Senecio chrysenthemoides D.C. Ziar gualay. A perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Silene vulgaris Linn. Manghotay Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Botanical Name: Solanum miniatum Benth. Ex Wild SYN: Solanum nigrum L. Kachmachu A wild herb Local Name: Habit: Solanum surratense Burm. f. Syn:Solanum xanthocrpum Schard-ex Whendl. Manraghonay. A small spiny prostrate herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Solanum tuburosum Linn. Aloo A cultivated tuberous herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Solanum esculentum Linn. Batinganr. A cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Sorgham halepense (Linn) Bres Dadum Perennial rhizomatous weed. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Spinacea oleracea Linn. Palak. A cultivated vegetable of autumn. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Thalictrum foliosum D.C. Mamera. A rhizomatous herb of temperate areas. Botanical Name: Taraxacum officinale Webber. 17 Local Name: Habit: Zair gulae. A perennial herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Taxus wallichiana Banya Conifer of moist temperate forest. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Trifolium repense Linn. Shautal A wild/cultivated herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Tagates minuta Linn. Zangaley Hamisha Annual wild/cultivated herb Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Triticum aestivum Linn. Ghanam A cultivated cereal crop. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Teucrium stocksianum Boiss. Kwandi botay. Herbaceous plant of exposed areas. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Urtica dioca Linn. Sizunkay. An annual stinging herb of moist and shady habitat. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Valeriana jatamansi Jones Mushk-e-Bala A perennial herb of temperate forests Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Verbascum thapsus Linn Khardhag An annual herb. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Viburnum foetens (D.Don) Wall ex. D.C. (fig .8) Ghaz meva. Shrub of exposed habitat in temperate forests. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Viola betonicifolia Sm. (Fig 9) Banafsha. A perennial herb of temperate forests. 18 Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Viola canscens Wall ex Roxb. (Fig. 10) Banafsha A perennial herb of temperate areas. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Vitex negundo Linn Syn:Vitex incise Lam Marvandaey A medium sized shrub of water courses and graveyards. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Vitis jacquemontii Parker Ghedar kwar. A perennial wild climber, sometimes covering whole tree. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Xanthium strumarium Linn. Ghiskay. An annual herb of waste land. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Zanthoxylum armatum D.C. Dambara A medium sized spiny shrub. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Zea mays Linn Jawar A cultivated crop. Botanical Name: Local Name: Habit: Zizyphus sativa Gaertn. Markhanaey Spiny medium sized tree.