INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE AT SADAR UPAZILA OF NAOGAON DISTRICT, BANGLADESH

Indigenous medicinal plants were conducted during July 2013 to June 2015 in sadar upazila of Naogaon district, Bangladesh. The objective of the study was to document medicinal plant species of the study area and associated indigenous knowledge. A total of 84 plant species belonging to 76 genera and 45 families were collected which are used for the treatment of 55 categories of diseases. Many plants are used by them for the treatment of various diseases like asthma, abscess, constipation, cough, fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, diuretic, diabetes, eczema, itches, jaundice, skin disease, vomiting, wound and worm. A number of scientific investigations have highlighted the importance and the contribution of many plant families i.e. Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Apocynaceae, Arecaceae, Combretaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Liliaceae, Lamiaceae, Moraceae, Rutaceae, Solanaceae used as medicinal plants. Medicinal plants play a vital role for the development of new drugs. The recorded information depicts that local people largely depend on medicinal plants to meet their primary health care.