A survey of preventive medicinal plants used by the Chakma residents of Hatimara (south) village of Rangamati district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-96

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Chakma, Paritosh ^a   Paul, Alok Kumar ^a   Nasrin, Dilruba ^a   Ahmed, Rasheda ^a   Jamal, Farhana ^a   Ferdausi, Dilara ^a   Akber, Mira ^b   Nahar, Nusratun ^a   Ahsan, Shamima ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chakma; Functional food; Preventive medicinal plants; Rangamati

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79960455655     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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