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Cassipourea malosana (Baker) Alston Rhizophoraceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Cassipourea malosana (Baker) Alston: Cassipourea abyssinica (Engl.) Alston; Cassipourea avettae (Chiov.) Alston; Cassipourea eickii (Engl.) Alston; Cassipourea elliottii (Engl.) Alston; Cassipourea gerrardii (Schinz) Alston; Weihea abyssinica Engl.; Weihea avettae Chiov.; Weihea boranensis Chiov.; Weihea eickii Engl.; Weihea elliottii Engl.; Weihea gerrardii Schinz; Weihea ilicifolia Brehmer; Weihea malosana Baker; Weihea salvago-raggei Chiov.

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2020). Cassipourea malosana (Baker) Alston Rhizophoraceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77086-4_36-1

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