FLORISTIC FEATURES AND ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF AUN EL-JAWAA (CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA) |

Aun El-Jawaa in Saudi Arabia has lately been examined for its flora and ethnobotanical traits. There were 88 species of vascular plants identified, representing 30 families. Annual herbs made up more than 56% of the species found. Asteraceae (17 species), Amaranthaceae (12 species), Brassicaceae (10 species), Fabaceae and Boraginaceae (7&6 respectively), Plantaginaceae and Zygophyllaceae (3 species), Asteraceae (17 species), Amaranthaceae (12 species), Brassicaceae (10 species), Brassicaceae (10 species), Fabaceae and Boraginaceae (7&6 respectively), Plantaginaceae and Zygo Therophytes (54.54 percent) had the most species, followed by Chaemophytes (26.13 percent), Phanerophytes (7.95 percent), Hemicryptophytes (4.54 percent), Cryptophytes (3.4 percent), and Geophytes (2.27 percent), with parasitic life forms being the least common. The Saharao-Arabian flora makes up the majority of the entire flora in the study region, according to chorological analysis. In addition, an ethnobotanical study was carried out in several Aun El-Jawaa locations, with components used and medicinal uses of the recorded flora reported.

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