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Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. Sapindaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Sapindus boninensis Tuyama; Sapindus detergens Roxb., Sapindus indicus Poir.; Sapindus saponaria L.

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  1. Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Suneeta Bhatta & Dhruba Khakurel

  2. National Trust for Nature Conservation, Bardia Conservation Program, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Laxmi Raj Joshi

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  4. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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    Hassan Sher

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Bhatta, S., Joshi, L.R., Khakurel, D., Bussmann, R.W. (2021). Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. Sapindaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_214

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