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Acorus calamus L. Acoraceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Calamus aromaticus Garsault (POWO 2019).

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  1. Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Chennai, India

    Kreni Lokho

  2. Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam

    F. Merlin Franco

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Lokho, K., Franco, F.M. (2020). Acorus calamus L. Acoraceae. In: Franco, F.M. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14116-5_147-1

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