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Ocotea usambarensis: Kikuyu: Muthaiti, Musili; Meru: Muurta; Embu: Muthura; Taita: Manyoda, Muganga, Mulongo. Kivumba; Chagga: Miseri; Swahili: Mkulo, Mukongo (Beentje 1994; Gachati 1989; Kokwaro 2009); English: Camphorwood
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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Ocotea usambarensis Engl. Lauraceae. 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_115
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