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Jatropa curcas L. Euphorbiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Jatropa curcas L.: Castiglionia lobata Ruiz & Pav.; Curcas adansonii Endl.; Curcas curcas (L.) Britton & Millsp.; Curcas drastica Mart.; Curcas indica A. Rich.; Curcas purgans Medic.; Jatropha acerifolia Salisb.; Jatropha afrocurcas Pax; Jatropha condor Wall.; Jatropha edulis Cerv.; Jatropha moluccana Wall.; Jatropha tuberosa Elliot; Jatropha yucatanensis Briq.; Manihot curcas (L.) Crantz; Ricinus americanus Mill.; Ricinus jarak Thunb.

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  1. Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology (RECAST), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Chandra Kanta Subedi & Ram Prasad Chaudhary

  2. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  5. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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Subedi, C.K., Chaudhary, R.P., Kunwar, R.M., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Jatropa curcas L. Euphorbiaceae. In: Kunwar, R., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_131-1

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