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Achyranthes aspera L. Amaranthaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Achyranthes aspera L.: Achyranthes argentea Lam.; Achyranthes aspera var. indica L.; Achyranthes aspera var. obtusifolia (Lam.) Sues.; Achyranthes indica (L.) Mill.; Achyranthes obtusifolia Lam.; Achyranthes robucta C.H. Wright; Achyranthes sicula Roth; Cadelaria indica (L.) Raf.; Cadelaria sicula Raf.; Centrostachys aspera (L.) Standl.; Centrostachys indica (L.) Standl.; Cyathula geniculata Lour.; Stachyarpagophora aspersa (L.) M. Gómez

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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). Achyranthes aspera L. Amaranthaceae. 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_6

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