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Medicine and magic in central tigre: A contribution to the ethnobotany of the ethiopian plateau

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Wilson, R.T., Mariam, W.G. Medicine and magic in central tigre: A contribution to the ethnobotany of the ethiopian plateau. Econ Bot 33, 29–34 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858209

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