Ethnomedicinal wisdom and famine food plants of the hajong community of baromari village in Netrakona district of Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-397

  Md Khan, Arif ^a   Hasan, Mohammad Nazmul ^b   Jahan, Nasreen ^a   Das, Protiva Rani ^b   Md Islam, Tabibul ^b   Md Bhuiyan, Shaiful Alam ^b   Jahan, Sharmin ^b   Hossain, Sophia ^b   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^b  

^a MAWLANA BHASHANI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethnomedicine; Famine food; Hajong; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874626101     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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