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Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl. Commiphora rostrata Engl. Commiphora schimperi (O. Bern.) Engl. Burseraceae

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Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl.: Commiphora cakiicola Engl.; Commiphora pilosa Engl.; Heudelotia africana A. Rich.

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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). Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl. Commiphora rostrata Engl. Commiphora schimperi (O. Bern.) Engl. Burseraceae. 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_48

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