Medico-botanical report on the Chakma community of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Roy, Snigdha ^a   Uddin, Mohammad Zashim ^a   Hassan, Abul ^a   Rahman, M Matiur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b House 64 ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chakma tribe; Ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649093537     PISSN: 10282092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v15i1.929     Document Type: Article

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