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Brucea javanica (L.) Merr. Simaroubaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Brucea javanica (L.) Merr.: Ailanthus gracilis Salisb. Brucea amarissima Desv. ex Gomes; Brucea amarissima (Lour.) Merr.; Brucea glabrata Decne.; Brucea gracilis (Salisb.) DC.; Brucea sumatrana Roxb.; Brucea sumatrensis Spreng.; Gonus amarissimus Lour.; Lussa amarissima (Lour.) Kuntze; Rhus affinis Wall.; Rhus amela D.Don; Rhus bucki-amela Roxb.; Rhus fastuosa Salisb.; Tetradium amarissimum Poir.

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  1. Resource Himalaya Foundation, Lalitpur, Nepal

    Kamal Adhikari

  2. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  4. Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

  5. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  6. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  7. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Adhikari, K., Kunwar, R.M., Jan, H.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Brucea javanica (L.) Merr. Simaroubaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_205-1

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