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Nuxia congesta R. Br. ex Fresen. Loganiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Nuxia congesta R. Br. ex Fresen.: Lachnopylis angolensis (Gilg) Philipson, Lachnopylis annobonensis Mildbr., Lachnopylis breviflora (S. Moore) C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis compacta C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis congesta (R. Br. ex Fresen.) C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis emarginata (Sond.) C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis flocculosa C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis goetzeana (Gilg) Greenway, Lachnopylis guineensis Hutch. & M.B. Moss, Lachnopylis heterotricha C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis mannii (Gilg) Hutch. & M.B. Moss, Lachnopylis montana C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis odorata (Gilg) Greenway, Lachnopylis platyphylla (Gilg) Greenway, Lachnopylis pubescens (Sond.) C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis sambesina (Gilg) C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis saxatilis C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis schistotricha C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis speciosa C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis ternifolia Hochst., Lachnopylis thomensis Philipson, Lachnopylis tomentosa (Sond.) C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis viscidulosa C.A. Sm., Lachnopylis viscosa (Gibbs) C.A. Sm., Nuxia angolensis Gilg, Nuxia breviflora S. Moore, Nuxia dekindtiana Gilg, Nuxia emarginata Sond., Nuxia gilletii De Wild., Nuxia goetzeana Gilg, Nuxia keniensis T.C.E. Fr., Nuxia latifolia T.C.E. Fr., Nuxia mannii Gilg, Nuxia odorata Gilg, Nuxia platyphylla Gilg, Nuxia pubescens Sond., Nuxia rupicola Gilg, Nuxia sambesina Gilg, Nuxia siebenlistii Gilg, Nuxia tomentosa Sond., Nuxia viscosa Gibbs

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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). Nuxia congesta R. Br. ex Fresen. Loganiaceae. 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_114

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