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Study of Medicinal Uses on Fabaceae Family at Rajshahi, Bangladesh

1Plant Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh


Research in Plant Sciences. 2014, Vol. 2 No. 1, 6-8
DOI: 10.12691/plant-2-1-2
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education Publishing

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A. H. M. Mahbubur Rahman, M. Ismot Ara Parvin. Study of Medicinal Uses on Fabaceae Family at Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Research in Plant Sciences. 2014; 2(1):6-8. doi: 10.12691/plant-2-1-2.

Correspondence to: A.  H. M. Mahbubur Rahman, Plant Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Email: ahmmahbubur_rahman@yahoo.com

Abstract

The research work was initiated to get information and report the medicinal plants on the family Fabaceae of Rajshahi during January 2011 to December 2011. The present study deals with the study of medicinal plants used by local people of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. A total of 32 medicinal plants species belonging to 23 genera were used by the local health healers for the treatment of different diseases. The conventional medicinal plants were mostly used for different abscess, asthma, cough and cold, dysentery, different skin diseases, ulcers and leprosy. The medicinal plants used by the traditional users of Rajshahi are arranged alphabetically followed by botanical name, local name, voucher number, parts used and medicinal uses.

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