An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Terai forest of western Nepal

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Singh, Anant G ^a   Kumar, Akhilesh ^b   Tewari, Divya D ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Maharani Lal Kunwari Post Graduate College   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Magar; Medicinal plants; Nepal; Terai forest; Tharu; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ACACIA CATECHU; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACOPA MONNIERI; BOMBAX; BOMBAX CEIBA; CEIBA; CURCUMA LONGA; DRYMARIA CORDATA DIANDRA; RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84861013586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-19     Document Type: Article

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