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Cassia occidentalis L. Fabaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

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Cassia occidentalis L.: Cassia caroliniana Walter; Cassia ciliate Raf.; Cassia falcata L.; Cassia foetida Pers.; Cassia frutescens Mill.; Cassia geminiflora Schrank; Cassia linearis Michx.; Cassia longispica L. f.; Cassia obliquifolia Schrank; Cassia planislingua L.; Cassia sophera L.; Ditremexa occidentalis (L.) Britton & Rose; Senna occidentalis (L.) Link; Senna occidentalis (L.) Roxb.

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana & Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  4. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Carolina Romero

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Cassia occidentalis L. Fabaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77093-2_58-1

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