A survey of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners of Paschim Shawra and Palordi villages of Gaurnadi Upazila in Barisal district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-22

  Biswas, Anup ^a   Haq, Wahid Mozammel ^a   Akber, Mira ^b   Ferdausi, Dilara ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Jahan, Farhana Israt ^a   Chowdhury, Anita Rani ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Barisal; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; LYTHRACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79960473041     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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