Ethnopharmacological relevance: Jammu &Kashmir(J&K)isapredominantlyHimalayanstateinthenorth-
westernpartofIndia.Ithasthreegeographicallydistinctdivisionsviz.,Jammu,KashmirandLadakh,which
areimmenselyrichintheirbiologicalandculturaldiversity.Medicinalplantsareanimportantelementof
indigenousmedicalsystemoftheregion.Themaingoalofthepresentarticleistoexaminetheuseof
ethnomedicinalplantsinthreedivisionsofJ&Kandto discusscross-culturalconsensusontheuseof
medicinal plantsinthesedivisions.Thearticlealso discusses thegapsinthecurrentstateofknowledgeon
ethnomedicinalplantsoftheregionandgives recommendationsfor thefuturestudies.