Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal

Christophe Wiart (born August 12, 1967) is a French scientist. His fields of expertise are Asian ethnopharmacology, chemotaxonomy and ethnobotany. He has collected, identified and classified several hundred species of medicinal plants from India, Southeast Asia and China.Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants in Asia Pacific; bioprospection, collection and identification of medicinal botanical samples and phytochemical and pharmacological study for the identification of lead compounds as novel antibacterial, anticancer, and antioxidant principles from rare plants from the rainforest of Southeast Asia.

• Family Acanthaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Acoraceae Martynov 1820Family Agavaceae Dumortier 1829Family Alangiaceae A.P. de Candolle 1828Family Alismataceae Ventenat 1799Family Amaranthaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Anacardiaceae R. Brown 1818Family Annonaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Apiaceae Lindley 1836Family Apocynaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Araceae A.L. de Jussieu 1763Family Arecaceae Schultz-Schultzenstein 1832Family Aristolochiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Asphodelaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Asteraceae Martynov 1820Family Balsaminaceae Berchtold and J. Presl 1820Family Bignoniaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Bombacaceae Kunth 1822Family Brassicaceae Burnett 1835Family Bromeliaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Burseraceae Kunth 1824Family Caprifoliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Clusiaceae Lindley 1836Family Combretaceae R. Brown 1810Family Convolvulaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Crassulaceae J. Saint-Hilaire 1805Family Cucurbitaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Dilleniaceae R.A. Salisbury 1807Family Cyperaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Dioscoreaceae R. Brown 1810Family Dipterocarpaceae Bl. 1825Family Dracaenaceae Salisbury 1866Family Ebenaceae Gürke 1891Family Euphorbiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Fabaceae Lindley 1836Family Flacourtiaceae Richard ex A.P. de Candolle 1824Family Gentianaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Gesneriaceae Richard et A.L. de Jussieu ex A.P. de Candolle 1816Family Hydrophyllaceae R. Brown 1817Family Lamiaceae Martynov 1820Family Lauraceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Lecythidaceae A. Richard 1825Family Leeaceae Dumortier 1829Family Liliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Lythraceae Jaume Saint-Hilaire 1805Family Malpighiaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Malvaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Meliaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Menispermaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Molluginaceae Bartling 1825Family Moraceae Link 1831Family Moringaceae Martynov 1820Family Musaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Myrtaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Nymphaeaceae R. A. Salisbury 1805Family Oleaceae Hoffmannsegg et Link 1809Family Onagraceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Orchidaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Oxalidaceae R. Brown 1818Family Pandanaceae R. Brown 1810Family Passifloraceae A.L. de Jussieu ex Roussel 1806Family Phyllanthaceae Martynov 1820Family Plumbaginaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Polygonaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Poaceae Barnhart 1895Family Ranunculaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Rhamnaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Rosaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Rubiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Rutaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Santalaceae R. Brown 1810Family Sapindaceae A. L. de Jussieu 1789Family Sapotaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789Family Scrophulariace

Arranged alphabetically by botanical family, the highlighted herbs will be useful for researchers and students interested in the study of the potential pharmacological applications of these natural products. Each entry features field photos and ethnopharmacological uses, as well as a monograph. The information is geared toward various disciplines, including pharmacy, pharmacology, medicine, biotechnology, nutrition, cosmetology, and conventional drug development.- American Botanical Council, Issue 123, 2019