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Scutia myrtina (Burm. f.) Kurz Rhamnaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Scutia myrtina (Burm. f.) Kurz: Adolia alba Lam.; Adolia capensis Kuntze; Adolia myrtina (Burm.f.) Kuntze; Adolia obcordata (Biv. ex Tul.) Kuntze; Adolia rubra Lam.; Blepetalon aculeatum Raf.; Catha zeylanica G.Don; Ceanothus capensis DC.; Ceanothus circumcissus (L. f.) Gaertn.; Rhamnus capensis Thunb.; Rhamnus circumcissa L. f.; Rhamnus myrtina Burm. f.; Scutia capensis fo. obcordata (Boivin ex Tul.) Radkl.; Scutia circumcissa (L. f.) W. Theob.; Scutia commersonii Brongn.; Scutia eberhardtii Tardieu; Scutia hutchinsonii Suess.; Scutia indica Brongn.; Scutia lucida G. Don; Scutia myrtina var. emarginata Bhandari & Bhansali; Scutia natalensis Hochst.; Scutia obcordata Boivin ex Tul.; Ziziphus capensis Thunb. ex Poir.

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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 & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  3. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, 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. (2021). Scutia myrtina (Burm. f.) Kurz Rhamnaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_143

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