Ethnomedicinal survey of bheramara area in Kushtia district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-541

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Ferdausi, Dilara ^a   Mollik, Ariful Haque ^a   Azam, Nur Kabidul ^a   Taufiq Ur Rahman, M ^b   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a University of Development Alternative   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bheramara; Ethnomedicinal survey; Kushtia district; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE;

EID: 77049093952     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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