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Pouteria adolfi-friederici (Engl.) A. Meeuse Pouteria altissima (A. Chev.) Baehni Sapotaceae

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Pouteria adolfi-friederici (Engl.) A. Meeuse: Aningeria adolfi-friedericii (Engl.) Robyns & Gilbert; Sideroxylon adolfi-friedericii Engl.

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Pouteria adolfi-friederici (Engl.) A. Meeuse Pouteria altissima (A. Chev.) Baehni Sapotaceae. 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_128

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