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Buddleja polystachya Fresen. Scrophulariaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Buddleja polystachya: Kikuyu: Ruti, Muthimbari, Muchorowe, Maa: Ol-biran, Marakwet: Musereti, Gelelwa, Nandi: Chorenet, Marakwet / Nandi: Choruet, Chorua, Ndorobo: Pinet, Samburu: Ngurangura (Beentje 1994; Gachati 1989; Kokwaro 2009)

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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

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Grace N. Njoroge

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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2020). Buddleja polystachya Fresen. Scrophulariaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77086-4_30-1

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