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Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae)

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Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica

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Common name in Jamaica: Soursop

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    Ina Vandebroek

  2. Natural Products Institute, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

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Vandebroek, I., Picking, D. (2020). Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae). In: Popular Medicinal Plants in Portland and Kingston, Jamaica. Advances in Economic Botany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48927-4_3

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