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Celtis africana Burm. f. Cannabaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Celtis africana Burm. f.: Celtis durandii Engl.; Celtis durandii var. ugandensis Rendle; Celtis gomphophylla Baker; Celtis kraussiana Burm. f.

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Celtis africana Burm. f. Cannabaceae. 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_38

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