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Rhus natalensis Bernh. ex C. Krauss Rhus ruspolii Engl. Rhus tenuinervis Engl. Rhus vulgaris Meikle Anacardiaceae

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Rhus natalensis Bernh. ex C. Krauss: Rhus macrocarpa Engl.; Searsia natalensis Bernh. ex C.Krauss) F.A. Barkley; Toxicodendron macrocarpum (Engl.) Kuntze; Toxicodendron natalense (Bernh. ex C.Krauss) Kuntze

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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 Agricultura and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

    Grace N. Njoroge

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2020). Rhus natalensis Bernh. ex C. Krauss Rhus ruspolii Engl. Rhus tenuinervis Engl. Rhus vulgaris Meikle Anacardiaceae. 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_135-1

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