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Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. Lauraceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Actinodaphne citrata (Blume) Hayata, Aperula oxyphylla (Nees) Blume, Benzoin aromaticum (Brandis) Rehder, Benzoin cubeba (Lour.) Hatus., Benzoin oxyphyllum (Nees) Kuntze, Cubeba pipereta Raf., Daphnidium cubeba (Lour.) Nees, Daphnidium oxyphyllum Nees, Laurus cubeba Lour., Laurus piperita Meisn., Lindera aromatica Brandis, Lindera citrata (Blume) Koidz., Lindera dielsii H.Lév., Lindera reticulosa Kosterm., Litsea citrata Blume, Litsea cubeba f. obtusifolia Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang, Litsea piperita Mirb., Malapoenna citrata (Blume) Kuntze, Malapoenna cubeba (Lour.) Kuntze, Malapoenna oliveriana Kuntze, Persea cubeba (Lour.) Spreng., Tetranthera citrata (Blume) Nees, Tetranthera cubeba (Lour.) Kostel., Tetranthera diepenhorstii Miq., Tetranthera floribunda Champ. ex Benth., Tetranthera polyantha Wallich ex Nees var. citrata Meissn (POWO 2019).

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  1. School of Life Sciences and Technology (SITH), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

    Rina Ratnasih Irwanto

  2. Herbarium Bandungense (FIPIA), School of Life Sciences and Technology (SITH), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia

    Arifin Surya Dwipa Irsyam

  3. Generasi Biologi Indonesia Foundation, Gresik, East Java, Indonesia

    Reza Raihandhany Yus

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Irwanto, R.R., Irsyam, A.S.D., Yus, R.R. (2020). Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. Lauraceae. In: Franco, F. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14116-5_60-1

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