Medicinal plants of the Santal tribe residing in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Shahidullah, Md ^a   Al Mujahidee, Md ^a   Nasir Uddin, S M ^a   Shahadat Hossan, Md ^a   Hanif, Abu ^a   Bari, Sazzadul ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethnobotanical survey; Medicinal plants; Santals

Indexed keywords

ABRUS; ABRUS PRECATORIUS; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AERVA SANGUINOLENTA; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; BOS; CAJANUS CAJAN; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS ZEYLANICA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; CRINUM; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; DATURA; DATURA METEL; DENDROPHTHOE; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; LEUCAS ASPERA; LITSEA; MADHUCA; MADHUCA INDICA; MARSILEA; MARSILEA QUADRIFOLIA; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM ORIENTALE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM VIRGINIANUM; STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; VITEX; VITEX NEGUNDO;

EID: 73249130145     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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