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Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. Balanites rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt. Zygophyllaceae

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Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile: Agalid aegyptiaca (L.) Kuntze, Ximenia aegyptiaca L.

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  1. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  3. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  4. Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

    Grace N. Njoroge

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2020). Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. Balanites rotundifolia (Tiegh.) Blatt. Zygophyllaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77086-4_21-1

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