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Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. Meliaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.: Charia chevalieri C. DC., Charia indeniensis A. Chev., Ekebergia buchananii Harms, Ekebergia chevalieri (C. DC.) Harms, Ekebergia complanata Baker f., Ekebergia holtzii Harms, Ekebergia indeniensis (A. Chev.) Harms ex Engl., Ekebergia meyeri C. Presl ex C. DC., Ekebergia mildbraedii Harms, Ekebergia petitiana A. Rich., Sorindeia doeringii Engl. & K. Krause, Trichilia capensis (Sparrm.) Pers., Trichilia ekebergia E. Mey. ex Sond., Trichilia rueppelliana Fresen.

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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). Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. Meliaceae. 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_71

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