Ethnobotanical survey of the Tripura tribe of Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-261

  Hossan, Md Shahadat ^a   Hanif, Abu ^a   Khan, Mujib ^a   Bari, Sazzadul ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethnobotanical survey; Medicinal plants; Tripura tribe

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA FARNESIANA; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ADINA; AEGLE MARMELOS; AJUGA; ALPINIA; ALPINIA NIGRA; ANANAS COMOSUS; ANIMALIA; ANOGEISSUS ACUMINATA; APHANIA; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA DIGYNA; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; CINNAMOMUM; CLAUSENA; CLAUSENA HEPTAPHYLLA; CLERODENDRUM; CLITORIA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; CURCULIGO; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DILLENIA INDICA; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS; ECLIPTA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM TRIPLINERVE; EUPHORBIA; FLEMINGIA MACROPHYLLA; HEXAPODA; HYPTIS; HYPTIS CAPITATA; IXORA PARVIFLORA; KALANCHOE; KALANCHOE PINNATA; LEUCAS ASPERA; LYGODIUM FLEXUOSUM; MARSILEA; MARSILEA QUADRIFOLIA; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; MIKANIA; MIKANIA CORDATA; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MUSSAENDA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA NOUCHALI; OBTUSIFOLIUM; OCIMUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OROXYLUM INDICUM; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PTEROSPERMUM SEMISAGITTATUM; SENNA; SENNA ALATA; STEPHANIA JAPONICA; STREBLUS ASPER; SYNEDRELLA NODIFLORA; TEREBRANTIA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CITRINA; URENA LOBATA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS OENOPLIA;

EID: 73249120575     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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