Monday 25 November 2013

PLANTS SYSTEMETICS, DISTRIBUTION IN PAKISTAN, AND THIER ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.






PLANTS SYSTEMETICS, DISTRIBUTION IN PAKISTAN, AND THIER ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. 

Sajjad Shafeeq 
Department of Life Sciences
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur


Table of Contents

  • ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
·                     1-Source of food
·                     Brassica compestris plants are serve as a source of food in the form of vegetables.
·                     2-Sourse of edible oil
·                     Edible oil also obtained from Brassica compestris
·                     DISTRIBUTION:
·                     These plants are distributed in temprates region of Pakistan i.e swat valley.
·                     These plants are distributed in temprates region of Pakistan i.e swat valley
·                     1-Abris amara (rocket candytuft) plants are mostly used ornamental plants in pakistan
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·                     These plants are distributed in tropical and sub tropical areas of Pakistan and some are also distributed in temprate areas
·                     Cucurbita maxima are fried in oil and ground to powder form, mixed with an equal amount of sugar. The blend, and castor oil with hot water are used as a treatment for tapeworms.
·                     Pumpkins are used as food in the form of most common vegetable in Pakistan and also taken as a most religious vegetable as a muslims. 
·                     These plants are cosmopolitan and all over the world including Pakistan except some arctic regions. These are wild as well as cultivated.
·                     Seed oil of Ricinus communus is used as laxative i.e in skin diseases.
·                     These plants are used as ornamental plants.
These plants are distributed in tropical and sub tropical areas of Pakistan and some are also distributed in temprate areas.
Ghiya tori are used as food in the form of most common vegetable in Pakistan.
These plants are sourse of oils. 
Tese plants are distributed in tropical and sub tropical areas of Pakistan.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
These plants are distributed in tropical and sub-tropical areas of Pakistan.
*Sourse of medicine
These plants are sourse of medicines e.g pulp of cassia fistula flower act as purgative. 
8-PLANT: Mangifera indica (mango)
These plants are distributed in tropical and warmer sub-tropical areas of Pakistan.
These mango plants are very important sourse of fruit which are used as a food including in Pakistan.
From these plants lubricating gum is also extracted on large scale.
9-PLANT: Triticum aestivum (wheat)
Wheat is the major sourse of starch economically at large scale throughout the world including Pakistan.
These plants are also sourse of fodder for animals.
10-PLANT: Acacia nilotica 
These plants are distributed in tropical and sub-tropical areas of Pakistan.
In part of its range smallstock consume the pods and leaves, but elsewhere it is also very popular with cattle.. Dried pods are particularly sought out by animals on rangelands. In India branches are commonly lopped for fodder. Pods are best fed dry as a supplement, not as a green fodder.
A. nilotica makes a good protective hedge because of its thorns.
In Siddha medicine, A. niloticagum is used to treat otherwise watery semen.
The tree's wood is "very durable if water-seasoned" and its uses include tool handles and lumber for boats
These plants are distributed in tropical and sub-tropical areas of Pakistan
 
These plants are trees in habit and are sourse of timber in Pakistan and are great in number.
Wood of these plants is also used as a fuel.

These plants of rose are cosmopolitan in distribution and prefer colder climate.

 
These plants are sourse medicines i.e petals of flowers are used to made medicines against kidney stone disease for dissolving stone.
Rose are kings of all ornamental plants.
13-PLANT: Solenum nigrum (Mako)
These plants are distributed in temprate region of Pakistan as well as tropical regions.
S.nigrum has been widely used as a food since early times, and the fruit was recorded as a famine food in 15th Century Despite toxicity issues with some forms (see Toxicity section), the ripe berries and boiled leaves of edible strains are eaten.
S. nigrum is a widely used plant in oriental medicine where it is considered to be antitumorigenic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, diuretic, and antipyretic
 
These plants are distributed in temprate region of Pakistan as well as tropical regions
These are sourse of food in the form vegetables in Pakistan.
These plants are distributed in temperate region of Pakistan as well as tropical regions.

The powdered fruit of capsicum annum (lal mirch) is used as spice.
Some cultivars grown specifically for their aesthetic valu.