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Rhamnus prinoides L’Hér.: Alaternus prinoides (L’Hér.) Raf.; Rhamnus pauciflora Hoschst. ex A. Rich.; Ziziphus lucida Moench
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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Rhamnus prinoides L’Hér. Rhamnus staddo A. Rich. Rhamnaceae. 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_134
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