Total number of species Table 2. Analysis of the data based on habit showed that leading medicinal plants species Habit No. of species Percentage (%) Total number of species Herbs 23 56.09 41 Shrubs 3 7.31 Climbers 6 14.63 Trees 9 21.95 A.H.M. Mahbubur Rahman et al. Traditional Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Different Skin Diseases of Santals at Abdullahpur Village under Akkelpur Upazilla of Joypurhat District, Bangladesh. Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2013, Vol. 1, No. 2, 17-20. doi:10.12691/bb-1-2-4 © The Author(s) 2013. Published by Science and Education Publishing.