Background: Due to the lack of basic health facilities and poor economic situation, the traditional use of plants for curving diseases is very common in rural areas of developing and underdeveloped countries across the globe. In the current study, we aimed to document the ethnomedicinal knowledge and conservation status of medicinal plants in the Toormang Valley, Dir Lower, located in Northern Pakistan.                                                                              

Methods: Ethnobotanical interviews, questionnaires, and group discussions, were carried out from 2018 to September 2020. In this study, 113 native participants were interviewed. Qualitative data were analyzed by using Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC) and Family importance value (FIV).

Results: During multiple field surveys (i.e. 2018–2020), we reported 91 ethnomedicinal important plants belonging to 78 genera and 44 families. Family Asteraceae occupied the leading position by contributing 9 species. Leaves were the most frequently used part of herbal formulation. The local inhabitants used these medicinal plants against various diseases such as abdominal pain, external wounds, urinary disorders, vomiting, digestion, etc. The conservation status of medicinal plants in the research area revealed that rare were 53 species (58.24%), followed by vulnerable 25 species (27.47%), infrequent 12 species (13.18%) and only Punica granatum L. was an endangered species.

Keywords: Ethnomedicine; conservation status; Toormang Valley; Dir Lower; Northern Pakistan