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Industrial raw materials of plant origin. IV. A survey ofSimmondsia chinensis (Jojoba)

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Daugherty, P.M., Sineath, H.H. & Wastler, T.A. Industrial raw materials of plant origin. IV. A survey ofSimmondsia chinensis (Jojoba). Econ Bot 12, 296–304 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859773

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