Study of Medicinal Uses on Fabaceae Family at Rajshahi, Bangladesh

A. H. M. Mahbubur Rahman^1, and M. Ismot Ara Parvin¹

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

Cite this paper:
A. H. M. Mahbubur Rahman and 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

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.

Keywords:
Fabaceae medicinal plants folk medicine Rajshahi Bangladesh

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

References:

[1]	Ahmed, Z. U., Begum, Z. N. T., Hassan, M. A., Khondker, M., Kabir, S. M. H., Ahmad, M., Ahmed, A. T. A., Rahman, A. K. A., Haque, E. U.(Eds). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Angiosperms; Dicotyledons. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Vol 8, 2009.
[2]	Alexiades, M. N. (Ed). Selected Guidelines for Ethno Botanical Research: A Field Manual. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. 1996.
[3]	APG II. An update of the angiosperm phylogeny group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 141: 399-436. 2003.
[4]	Burham, R. J., Johnson, K.R. South American Pleobotany and the Origins of neotropical rain forests. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London. B. 359: 1595-1610. 2004.
[5]	Burkart, A. Leguminosas. In: Dimitri, M. Enciclopedia Argentina de Agricultura y Jardineria, Tomo I. Descripcion de plantas Cultivadas. Editorial ACME S.A.C.I., Buenos Aires, 467-536. 1987.
[6]	Emiru, B., Ermias, A., Wolde, M., Degitu, M. Management, use and ecology of medicinal plants in the degraded dry lands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. J. Hort. Forest. 3 (2): 32-41, 2011.
[7]	Hooker, J.D. Flora of British India, Vol. 1-7. Reeve and Co. Ltd., London. 1961.
[8]	Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A., Stevens, P.F., Donoghue, M.J. Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer Axxoc, 287-292, ISBN 0-87893-403-0. 2002.
[9]	Kajita, T., Ohashi, H., Tateishi, Y., Bailey, C.D., Doyle, J.J. Rbcl and legume phylogeny, with particular reference to Phaseoleae, Millettieae and allies. Systematic Botany, 26: 515-536. 2001.
[10]	Kirtikar, K. R., Basu, B. D. Indian Medicinal Plants. Lalit Mohan Basu, M.B. 49, Leader Road, Allahbad, India. Vols. 1-4. 1987.
[11]	Lewis, G., Schrire, B., Mackinder, B., Lock, M. (eds). Legumes of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, UK. 2005.
[12]	Magalion, S.A., Sanderson, K.R. Absolute diversification rates in angiosperm clades. Evolution, 55 (9): 1762-1780. 2001.
[13]	Sprent, J.I. Legume Nodulation: A Global Perspective. Ames. Lowa: Wiley-Blackwell.p. 12. ISBN 1-4051-8175-3. 2009.
[14]	Stevens, P.F. Fabaceae. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Verson 7 May 2006. Retrived 28 April 2008.
[15]	Wojciechowski, M.F., Agriculturally and Economically Important Legumes. 2006. Accessed 15 November 2008.
[16]	Wojciechowski, M.F., Lavin, M., Sanderson, M.J. A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene resolves many well-supported sub clades within the family. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1846-1862. 2004.