Abstract Plants which endowed medicinal values are held at the highest rank in folk medicinal systems throughout the world. The locally suggested remedies and the ethno-botanical knowledge for this purpose, whether it’s traditional or modernized, have its roots into the belief in folk medicinal knowledge of the particular region. This study was conducted at Gatwala forest park (GFP), Faisalabad, Pakistan. The method adopted for documentation of indigenous knowledge was based on semi-structured interviews and direct observations. The present study gathered the indigenous knowledge of local inhabitants and about the use of herbaceous plants they collected from GFP. A total of 40 herbaceous plants belonging to 19 families were recorded as medicinal plants at the study site. Most of the plants we found were used for the treatment of common cold, sore throat, abdominal infections, skin disorders, hepatic diseases, eye ailments, stomach problems, fever, cough, chest congestion, asthma, joint pains. Along with their ethno-medicinal uses their occurrence was also recorded as very common, common, fairly common and scarce. This appraisal has documented the inventory of important medicinal plants of GFP by giving due weight age to the indigenous folk knowledge of the local inhabitants.
Keywords Ethnobotanical survey, medicinal herbs, GFP, indigenous knowledge, documentation.