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Peganum harmala L. Nitrariaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Peganum harmala L.: Harmala multifida All.; Harmala peganum Crantz; Harmala syriaca Bubani; Peganon harmalum (L.) St.-Lag.; Peganum dauricum L.

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  1. Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

  2. Department of Environment Sciences, COMSATS University of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

    Arshad Mehmood Abbasi

  3. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Swat, Mingora, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

  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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Jan, H.A., Abbasi, A.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Peganum harmala L. Nitrariaceae. 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_177

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