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Eurycoma longifolia Jack Simaroubaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Eurycoma longifolia var. cochinchinensis King; Eurycoma longifolia var. merguensis King; Eurycoma merguensis Planch.; Eurycoma tavoyana Wall.; Manotes asiatica Gagnep.; Picroxylon siamense Warb. subsp. eglandulosa: Eurycoma eglandulosa Merr.

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Mustaqim, W.A., Raihandhany, R., Tamam, M.B. (2020). Eurycoma longifolia Jack Simaroubaceae. In: Franco, F.M. (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_162-1

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