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Melia dubia Cav. Meliaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Melia australasica A. Juss.; Melia aethiopica Welw.; Melia argentea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Melia bambolo Welw.; Melia birmanica Kurz.; Melia composita Willd.; Melia superba Roxb.; Melia robusta Roxb.

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  1. Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    A. Nithaniyal Stalin

  2. Department of Botany, Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

    A. Nithaniyal Stalin

  3. Department of Botany, Madras Christian College (Autonomous), East Tambaram, Tamil Nadu, India

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Nithaniyal Stalin, A. (2021). Melia dubia Cav. Meliaceae. In: Franco, F.M. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38389-3_134

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