Ethnomedicinal knowledge among the tonchongya tribal community of roangchaari upazila of Bandarban district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-359

  Md Hossan, Shahadat ^a   Roy, Prozzal ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Mou, Sadia Moin ^a   Monalisa, Mirza Nipa ^a   Jahan, Sharmin ^a   Khan, Tania ^a   Swarna, Auditi ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Medicinal plants; Roangchaari; Tonchongya

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874602754     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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