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Erythrina abyssinica DC Fabaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Erythrina abyssinica DC: Chirocalyx abyssinicus (Lam.) Hochst.; Chirocalyx tomentosus Hochst.; Corallodendron suberifra (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze; Erythrina abyssinica subsp. suberifera (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze; Erythrina bequartei De Wild.; Erythrina comosa Hua; Erythrina eggelingii Baker f.; Erythrina huillensis Welw. ex Baker; Erythrina kassneri Baker f.; Erythrina mossambicensis Sim; Erythrina pelligera Fenzl; Erythrina platyphylla Baker f.; Erythrina suberifera Welw. ex Baker; Erythrina tomentosa R. Br.; Erythrina tomentosa R. Br. ex Richard; Erythrina tomentosa var. longicauda Baker f.; Erythrina warneckei Baker f.

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  1. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  3. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  4. Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

    Grace N. Njoroge

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Erythrina abyssinica DC Fabaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_76

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