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Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey

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Papaya; mapayo (Chácobo), pofi (Tsimane)

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Smith, N. (2023). Caricaceae. In: Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey. Ethnobiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12803-5_13

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