An ethnobotanical survey of Jessore district in Khulna division, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-243

  Md Mahabub Nawaz, A H ^a   Hossain, Maruf ^a   Karim, Masud ^a   Khan, Mujib ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethnobotany; Jessore district; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ABROMA AUGUSTUM; ACANTHACEAE; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AMARANTHACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLERODENDRUM; COCCINIA GRANDIS; COMBRETACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; CORIOLACEAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; CURCUMA LONGA; DATURA; DATURA METEL; ERYTHRINA (ANGIOSPERM); ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; FABACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS HISPIDA; HERITIERA FOMES; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; LAMIACEAE; LEUCAS ASPERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; MELIACEAE; MIKANIA; MIKANIA SCANDENS; MORACEAE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORINGACEAE; MUSA X PARADISIACA; MUSACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS; OLEACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE; PIPER LONGUM; PIPERACEAE; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TRILOBATUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; TYPHONIUM TRILOBATUM; VERBENACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 73249151794     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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