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  1. School of Horticulture, Royal Botanic Gardens, TW9 3AB, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

    Jane Pearson

  2. Centre for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens, TW9 3AE, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

    Hew D. V. Prendergast

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Pearson, J., Prendergast, H.D.V. Daemonorops, Dracaena and other Dragon’s Blood. Econ Bot 55, 474–477 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871711

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