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Simmondsia or Jojoba—A problem in economic botany

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This desert shrub of the American Southwest offers an unusual and as yet undeveloped source of a valuable liquid wax The principal problem m its commercial exploitation is that of cultivating the plants.

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    N. T. Mirov

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Mirov, N.T. Simmondsia or Jojoba—A problem in economic botany. Econ Bot 6, 41–47 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859193

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