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Tribal Medicinal Plants: Documentation of Medicinal Plants Used by a Mogh Tribal Healer in Bandarban District, Bangladesh

Mohammed Rahmatullah

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Chittagong Hill Tracts region in the southeast portion of Bangladesh is considered a hotspot for medicinal plants. This hilly forested region is inhabited by a number of tribal communities, both large and small, and who still rely on their age-old traditional medicinal practitioners (TMPs) and their mainly phytotherapeutic practices for treatment and cure of various diseases.

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Chittagong Hill Tracts region in the southeast portion of Bangladesh is considered a hotspot for medicinal plants. This hilly forested region is inhabited by a number of tribal communities, both large and small, and who still rely on their age-old traditional medicinal practitioners (TMPs) and their mainly phytotherapeutic practices for treatment and cure of various diseases.

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Chittagong Hill Tracts region in the southeast portion of Bangladesh is considered a hotspot for medicinal plants. This hilly forested region is inhabited by a number of tribal communities, both large and small, and who still rely on their age-old traditional medicinal practitioners (TMPs) and their mainly phytotherapeutic practices for treatment and cure of various diseases.

Key concepts: Medicinal plants, Traditional medicine, Geography, Documentation, Ethnomedicine, Agroforestry, Medicine, Biology

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