The present work was conducted at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the agency of Kurram (33° 49' 07'' N and70° 10' 24'' E), an administrative part of the late federally administered tribal area (FATA) of Pakistan. Aim of the study wasto document the medicinal flora based on local information, i.e., local classification, part used, drug preparation and dosage.Ethnomedicinal data was obtained through semi structured interviews after obtaining the respondents prior informedconsent. During field visits 72 people were interviewed 150 plant species belonging to 131 genera in 86 families weredocumented. The documented plants were found to be effective for 64 disorders, from simple to complicated health issues.In a quantitative analysis, 31 plant species showed fidelity level ranges from 33-100% and relative frequency of citationfrom 0.03 to 0.28. Conservation issues related to plant use need to be investigated
