A. H. M. Mahbubur Rahman, Protima Mojumdar

Leafy Vegetables of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh

Taxonomic Investigation on Wild and Cultivated Leafy Vegetables in the Rajshahi District of Bangladesh

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Produktbeschreibung

Taxonomic investigation on wild and cultivated leafy vegetables in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh was carried out from January 2017 to December 2017. A total of 108 species belonging to 56 genera under 29 families were recorded. Out of these wild and cultivated vegetables 17 species belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae, 13 species from Amaranthaceae, 9 species from Brassicaceae, 8 species from Araceae, 7 species each from Convolvulaceae, Fabaceae and Solanaceae. 4 species from Polygonaceae. 3 species each from Chenopodiaceae, Molluginaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Malvaceae. 2 species each from Portulacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Oxalidaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Marsileaceae and Liliaceae. One species each from Athyriaceae, Antigiopteridaceae, Rubiaceae, Meliaceae, Tiliaceae, Moringaceae, Basellaceae, Aizoaceae, Nyctaginaceae and Acanthaceae. A total of ninety four (94) medicinal leafy vegetables have been documented with their uses for the cure of more than 59 diseases. This finding suggests that the leafy vegetables may possibly contain other phytochemical constituents which need to be investigated in future studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9786139837908
• ISBN-10: 6139837901
• Artikelnr.: 52865271

Autorenporträt

Mst. Mabia Khatun, BSc (Honours), MS: Studierte Botanik an der Universität Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesch. A.H.M. Mahbubur Rahman, MSc, MPhil, PhD, Professor, Abteilung für Botanik, Universität Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesch. Er hat 102 wissenschaftliche Forschungsarbeiten in nationalen und internationalen Fachzeitschriften und 11 Bücher veröffentlicht.