An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by tribal and native people of Madhupur forest area, Bangladesh

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 921-930

  Islam, Md Khirul ^a   Saha, Sanjib ^a   Mahmud, Imran ^a   Mohamad, Khalit ^b   Awang, Khalijah ^b   Jamal Uddin, Shaikh ^c   Rahman, Md Mustafizur ^a   Shilpi, Jamil A ^a,b  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fidelity level; Garo tribe; Indigenous knowledge; Informant consensus factor; Traditional health practitioners; Use value

Indexed keywords

ACACIA CATECHU; ACORUS CALAMUS; ADULT; AEGLE MARMELOS; AGED; ALOE VERA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BANGLADESH; BARRINGTONIA; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CURCUMA LONGA; CYNODON DACTYLON; DATURA METEL; DIOSPYROS; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ERYTHRINA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOREST; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HUMAN; HYPTIS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; KALANCHOE; LAWSONIA INERMIS; MADHUCA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PIPERITA; MENTHA SPICATA; MIDDLE AGED; MIMOSA PUDICA; MIMUSOPS ELENGI; MORINGA OLEIFERA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAPAYA; PHYSALIS; PIGEONPEA; PINEAPPLE; POLYGONUM; PUMMELO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SANTALUM ALBUM; SESBANIA; SHRUB; SOLANUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TAMARIND; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; THEVETIA; TREE; TRIGONELLA; VITEX NEGUNDO; VITIS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; YOUNG ADULT; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZINGIBER; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

FIDELITY LEVEL; GARO TRIBE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INFORMANT CONSENSUS FACTOR; TRADITIONAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS; USE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; TREES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895077457     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.056     Document Type: Article

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