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Nasreen Jahan
Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Santosh-1902, Bangladesh.

Arif Khan
Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Santosh-1902, Bangladesh.

Mohammad Nazmul Hasan
Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Santosh-1902, Bangladesh.

Mohammad Uzzal Hossain
Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Santosh-1902, Bangladesh.

Utpol Das
Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Santosh-1902, Bangladesh.

Samia Sultana
Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Santosh-1902, Bangladesh.

Mohammed Rahmatullah
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Development Alternative, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh.

The Garo tribal community is one of the largest indigenous communities and resides primarily in the northcentral districts of Bangladesh. They claim themselves to belong to about 45 clans. An ethnomedicinal survey was conducted among the traditional medicinal practitioners of fifteen clans of the Garo community residing in Madhupur sub-district of Tangail district in Bangladesh. These fifteen clans represented people from the Nokrek, Dibya, Hadima, Chammug, Morong, Chisim, Simsa, Mangsha, Jencham, Dio, Ajim, Dhalbot, Chirang, Rondhi, and Athiora clans and consisted of about 12,000 people. Four tribal practitioners were present among these people. A total of 54 plants were observed to be used by the tribal practitioners. Three plants could not be identified; the rest 51 plants were distributed into 33 families. Various parts of a plant as well as whole plants were used in the medicinal formulations. Leaves constituted the major plant part used and constituted 36.9% of total uses. Roots and whole plants constituted 13.8% of total uses when individually calculated, followed by fruits at 12.3% and barks at 9.2%. Other plant parts used were stems, flowers, seeds, rhizomes, and thorns. The various ailments treated with these plant species included jaundice, malaria, allergy, respiratory tract disorders, bone fracture, skin disorders, leucorrhea, pain, edema, bleeding from external cuts and wounds, vitamin deficiency, fever, helminthiasis, weak nerves, gastrointestinal disorders, formation of stone in lungs, diabetes, sexual problems, physical weakness, hydrocele, hypertension, hemorrhoids, insanity, irregular menstruation, bilious fever, oral lesions, and accumulation of toxins in blood. Traditional knowledge of plants has always played a major role in the discovery of new drugs. From that view point, the medicinal plants of the Garos can play a major role in stimulating scientific research on these plants, which can lead to discovery of newer and more efficacious drugs. Among the diseases treated by the Garo tribal practitioners are diabetes, insanity, and malaria. The first two diseases have no known total cure in allopathic medicine, and malaria is rapidly developing drug-resistant vectors. As such, it would prove to be a scientific breakthrough if effective drugs against these three ailments can be developed from the plant species used by the Garos.

  Medicinal plants, Ethnomedicine, Garo, Bangladesh
  Madhupur in Tangail district, Bangladesh
  
  
  Development of Host and Medicinal Plants
  Medicinal Plants

It was the objective of the present study to conduct an ethnomedicinal survey among these 15 clans of the Garo tribe, the clan names being Nokrek, Dibya, Hadima, Chammug, Morong, Chisim, Simsa, Mangsha, Jencham, Dio, Ajim, Dhalbot, Chirang, Rondhi, and Athiora.

The fifteen Garo clans of the Tekli, Jolui, and adjoining villages in Madhupur area surveyed had four existing tribal practitioners, namely Profulla Dibya, Mareng Nokrek, Patti Richil (Firuroma) and Anisur Rahman. The first three practitioners had converted to Christianity but still retained their Garo names, while the last practitioners has converted to Islam and has taken over a Muslim name. However, all four practitioners still practiced by their own traditional methods. It was further observed that although the Garos have their own language, they were fluent in speaking Bengali, which is the language of the mainstream Bengali population, and most of the plant names that they gave were in the Bengali language instead of the Garo language. 

Informed consent was initially obtained from the four practitioners. They were apprised of the nature of our visit and consent obtained to disseminate any information provided in both national and international publications. A number of visits were made to the community people and the practitioners, not only to build up rapport with them, but also to systematically procure the various plant species mentioned by the practitioners so that correct identification of the plant species can be made. Actual interviews of the practitioners were conducted with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire and the guided field-walk method of Martin 91995) and Maundu (1995). Briefly, in this method, the practitioners took the interviewers on guided field-walks through areas from where they collected their plant species, pointed out the plants and described their uses. Plant specimens as shown by the practitioners were photographed and collected on the spot, pressed and dried, and brought back for identification to Dhaka. Plant identifications were done by Mr. Manjur-Ul-Kadir Mia, exCurator and Principal Scientific Officer of the Bangladesh National Herbarium at Dhaka. Voucher specimens were deposited with the Medicinal Plant Collection Wing of the University of Development Alternative.

  American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 7(3): 188-195, 2013 ISSN 1995-0748
  
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The ethnomedicinal wisdom of indigenous communities needs to be paid attention in greater detail. Over the centuries, the medicinal practitioners of these communities have gained practical knowledge on the healing properties of medicinal plants. Modern science can gain a lot by documenting thoroughly the medicinal practices of these communities, for such documentation can lead to further scientific research and discovery of better drugs.

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