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Tribulus terrestris L. Zygophyllaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Tribulus terrestris L.: Tribulus bimucronatus Viv.; Tribulus lanuginosus L.; Tribulus saharae A. Chev.; Tribulus terrestris var. sericeus Andersson ex Svenson.

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  1. Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

  2. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  3. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  4. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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  1. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  2. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Swat, Mingora, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

  3. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Jan, H.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Tribulus terrestris L. Zygophyllaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_248

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