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Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr. Vitaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.: Aquilicia ottilis Gaertn.; Aquilicia sambucina L.; Leea biserrata Miq.; Leea celebica C.B. Clarke; Leea divaricata T. & B.; Leea expansa Craib; Leea fuliginosa Miq.; Leea gigantea Griff.; Leea gracilis Lauterb.; Leea longifolia Merr.; Leea naumannii Engl.; Leea novoguineensis Val.; Leea ottilis (Gaertn.) DC.; Leea palambanica Miq.; Leea pubescens Zipp. ex Miq.; Leea ramosii Merr.; Leea robusta Blume; Leea roehrsiana Sanders ex Masters; Leea sambucifolia Salisb.; Leea sambucina (L.) Willd.; Leea sambucina var. biserrata (Miq.) Miq.; Leea sambucina var. heterophylla Zipp. ex Miq.; Leea sambucina var.occidentalis C.B. Clarke; Leea sambucina var. robusta Miq.; Leea sambucina var. roehrsiana (Sanders ex Masters) Chitt.; Leea sambucina var. simplex Miq.; Leea sambucina var. sumatrana (Miq.) Miq.; Leea staphylea Roxb.; Leea sumatrana Miq.; Leea sundaica Miq.; Leea sundaica var. fuliginosa (Miq.) Miq.; Leea sundaica var. pilosiuscula Span. ex Miq.; Leea sundaica var. subsessilis Miq.; Leea umbraculifera C.B. Clarke; Leea viridiflora Planch; Staphylea indica Burm. f.

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  1. Center Department of Botany, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Laxmi Khaniya

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  5. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Khaniya, L., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr. Vitaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_140

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