Medicinal plants of the Garo tribe inhabiting the Madhupur forest region of Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-171

  Mia, Md Manzur ul Kadir ^a   Kadir, Mohammad Fahim ^a   Hossan, Md Shahadat ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethnobotanical survey; Garo tribe; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ABROMA AUGUSTUM; ABRUS; ABRUS PRECATORIUS; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ALOE; ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; AMORPHOPHALLUS; AMORPHOPHALLUS PAEONIFOLIUS VAR. CAMPANULATUS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA; ARTEMISIA; ASPARAGUS; BOERHAVIA REPENS; BOMBAX; BOMBAX CEIBA; BOS; CAESIA; CAREYA ARBOREA; CASSIA FISTULA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; CITRUS; CLERODENDRUM; CLERODENDRUM INDICUM; COSTUS; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA; CURCUMA ZEDOARIA; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; ELEUTHERINE; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; EUPATORIUM; EUPHORBIA; EVOLVULUS NUMMULARIUS; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FICUS RUMPHII; FISTULA; GARUGA; GNAPHALIUM; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; HOLARRHENA; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; JUSTICIA; LANNEA COROMANDELICA; LITSEA; LYTHRACEAE; MANGIFERA INDICA; MIKANIA; MIKANIA CORDATA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; OROXYLUM INDICUM; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAEDERIA FOETIDA; PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS MINIMA; PIPER LONGUM; PIPERACEAE; PSEUDOGNAPHALIUM LUTEOALBUM; PUNICA GRANATUM; RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; SCOPARIA; SCOPARIA DULCIS; SENNA; SENNA ALATA; SIDA ACUTA; SMILAX; SOLANUM; SOLANUM INDICUM; STEPHANIA JAPONICA; STREBLUS ASPER; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TYPHONIUM TRILOBATUM; VITEX; VITEX NEGUNDO; WEDELIA; WEDELIA CHINENSIS;

EID: 73249128818     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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