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Ethnomedicinal Study of Plants in Begumganj, Noakhali, Bangladesh

  • Akter, Kazi-Marjahan (Department of Botany, University of Chittagong) ;
  • Sajib, Noor Hassan (Department of Botany, University of Chittagong) ;
  • Kang, Dong-Min (College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Ahn, Mi-Jeong (College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Uddin, Shaikh Bokhtear (Department of Botany, University of Chittagong)
  • Received : 2021.06.04
  • Accepted : 2021.09.15
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

This study is a record of ethnomedicinal knowledge in Begumganj province focussed on medicinal plants and their local uses for primary health care. The aim was to document and preserve the ethnomedicinal knowledge used by traditional healers of Begumganj upazila, Bangladesh, to treat human diseases and evaluate the relative efficacy of the medicinal plants. The uses of medicinal plants were documented as an ethnomedicinal data sheet using direct observation, field interview, plant interview and group interview techniques from December 2012 to January 2014 in the study area. Data were collected from 98 traditional healers through a questionnaire survey and analyzed through informant consensus factor and fidelity level. This study revealed comprehensive relationship among various diseases and families, forms and parts of plants and modes of preparation. Overall, 75 plant species under 71 genera of 47 families were documented, which are used to treat 41 diseases. Data analysis revealed that 41.33%, 14.67%, 36% and 8% of the medicinal plant species were herbs, shrubs, trees, and climbers, respectively. Leaves were the most used parts, followed by stem, root, fruit, bark, latex and rhizome. The most frequently treated diseases were dysentery, rheumatism and skin diseases. This is the first ethnobotanical survey, which recorded the importance of medicinal plants in Begumganj upazila, Bangladesh. This study can contribute to preserving the indigenous knowledge on the traditional use of medicinal plants in this region and new drug development with attracting future generations towards traditional healing practice.

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Acknowledgement

The authors are cordially grateful to the people of Begumganj upazila for sharing their traditional knowledge and also thank to the department of botany, University of Chittagong (CU) for providing the necessary facilities. The authors acknowledge to professor Dr. Mostafa Kamal Pasha for helping exact identification of the plants.

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