Record of ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of various diseases and ailments in the South-Western Region of Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

An ethnomedicinal survey was undertaken to collect information from local traditional healers on the medicinal use of plants in the south-western region of Bangladesh during June 2003 to July 2005 for the first time. The indigenous knowledge of local traditional healers and the native plants used for medicinal purposes were collected through questionnaire and personal interviews during field trips. The investigation revealed that, the local people and traditional healers used 126 species of plants distributed in 112 genera belonging to 58 families to treat various diseases and ailments. These plant species are enumerated alphabetically in the text by adopting the accepted names, synonym/s wherever applicable, local names, habit and habitat, along with short description of their ethnomedicinal uses