A survey of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners in Balidha village of Jessore District, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Hasan, Md Majedul ^a   Ahmed, Mansur ^a   Khan, Mohammad Washim ^a   Hossan, Md Shahadat ^a   Rahman, Md Mahbubur ^a   Nasrin, Dilruba ^a   Miajee, Z U M Emdad Ullah ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Shahadat ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Balidha village; Bangladesh; Folk medicine; Jessore; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MORACEAE; MYRTACEAE; RUTACEAE; SOLANACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 78049311321     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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