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Table 3 The list of the plants that reported with different names among the two communities

From: Keeping their own and integrating the other: medicinal plant use among Ormurs and Pathans in South Waziristan, Pakistan

Botanical name

Recorded local name

Allium longifolium

KhukhO

Yov-reeP

Allium sativum

OzzhaO

YazaP

Amaranthus blitum

SakaakO

RanzakaP

Anacardium occidentale

Kajo/BadyanO

Cannabis sativa

BangaraO

Cassia fistula

ChumbarkhayanO

TurlargaiP

Ghras goonO

Cocos nucifera

KopraO, P

GariO

Curcuma longa

GuleskhandO

KorkamanP

Ficus carica

InzirO

TughaP

Ferula assa-foetida

EngO

AangP

Lepidium draba

GhargastiO

Mentha longifolia

GwanO

WelanaiP

Malus pumila

MeleezO

ManraP

Morus nigra

Ghras tuthO

Nasturtium officinale

TarmeraO

DalameraP

Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata

ShalwanaiO

ShawanP

Oryza sativa

RezanO

VarizeP

Oxalis corniculata

TuftufakO

TarweekaiP

Pinus gerardiana

ZanguzaiO, P

Piper nigrum

Gharas MruchO

Toor MirchP

Punica granatum

NaskarafO

NarsavaiP

Quercus baloot

Sat/ChattO

Cheere/SerrayP

Rumex dentatus

ZandoO

ZundaP

Ricinus communis

BaghdavanO

Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus

MoliaO

MeeleP

Thymus linearis

Mizbuk/izbukO

MarveejeP

Urtica dioica

DhurO

SezinkaiyP

  1. O = Ormur; P = Pathans