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This paper presents first quantitative ethnobotanical study describing the popularity level of MPs in indigenous communities by using relative popularity level (RPL) and rank order of priority (ROP) indices. The data of TEMs and EB uses were collected from 200 interviewees consisting of traditional herbal practioners (110) and farmers (90) from study area using structured and semi-structured interview methodology during year 2019. It was found that illiterate peasants have more knowledge and practice of TEMs than other people. A total of 150 plant species belonging to 58 families with botanical and local names, parts used, mode of recipes preparation, administration mechanism and TEMs uses were documented in systematic manner. It was explored that highest number (7.69%) of plants of Moraceae were used in TEMs and followed by species of Asteraceae (6.29%). The ethnobotanical data was analyzed by using quantitative ethnobotanical tools <jats:italic>viz<\/jats:italic>: informant consensus factor (ICF), fidelity level (FL), relative frequency of citation (RFC), use value index (UVI), relative importance of plants (RIP), relative populatiry level (RPL) and rank order of popularity (ROP). The leaf ranked first (36.49%) and fruit 2<jats:sup>nd<\/jats:sup> (12.07%) being used in TEMs while prevalent use-form was decoction (29.28%), followed by tea (23.05%) and preferably taken as oral (46.66%). ICF analysis proved that diabetes, hypertension, rabies, snake sting and joint pains were the most prevalent occurring infirmities. The highest RFC (0.95) was found for <jats:italic>Acacia modesta<\/jats:italic>, followed by <jats:italic>Boerhavia procumbens<\/jats:italic> (RFC:0.87) and <jats:italic>Berberis lycium<\/jats:italic> (RFC:0.85). The relative importance of MPs was calculated by using UVI and <jats:italic>Moringa oleifera<\/jats:italic> showed highest (1.38), followed by <jats:italic>Zanthoxylum armatum<\/jats:italic> (1.25) and <jats:italic>Withania somnifera<\/jats:italic> (1.24) use-values. High UVI of plants depicts that these species are predominantly used in local health care system. The plants <jats:italic>Phyllanthus emblica<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Morus macruora<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Justicia adhatoda<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Melia azedarach<\/jats:italic> depicted high values (1.00) of FL and RPL proving that these taxa are commonly used in indigenous medicines by local inhabitants and have better potential for drug discovery by ethnopharmacological analysis. Out of total, 26 species had more than 50% ROP index and <jats:italic>Phyllanthus emblica<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Flacourtia indica<\/jats:italic> (ROP = 100) followed by <jats:italic>Morus macruora<\/jats:italic> (ROP: 97) were used to cure \u2018hypertension and hyperlipidemia\u2019 and \u2018cough, chest infection\u2019, respectively. It was found that 30% of total species were previously reported as medicinal while 70% plants were first time reported to be used in TEMs and authenticated by using of quantitative ethnobotanical tools. Ethnopharmacological potential of indigenous plants was confirmed by RIP and RPL indices which had been used to cure one or more body systems and were promulgated in the local herbal medicine system. The research provides clues to screen these plant species by using latest phytochemical and pharmacological analysis for novel drug discovery. 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