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Achyranthes lanata L.; Achyranthes villosa Forssk.; Aerva arachnoidea Gand.; Aerva elegans Moq.; Aerva floribunda Wight; Aerva mozambicensis Gand.; Aerva pubescens Mart.; Aerva sansibarica Suess.; Aerva tandalo Buch.-Ham. ex Dill.; Alternanthera pubescens Moq.; Amaranthus aeruoides Hochst. & Steud. ex A. Rich.; Amaranthus lanatus Dum. Cours.; Celosia lanata L.; Illecebrum lanatum (L.) L.; Illecebrum pubescens Willd.; Ouret lanata Hiern; Uretia lanata Kuntze.
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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. Amaranthaceae. 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_9
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