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Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq. Solanum nigrum L. Solanum surattense Burm. f. Solanaceae

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Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq.: Solanum khasianum C.B. Clarke

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    Laxmi Kunwar, Sangita Gautam & Namraj Dhami

  2. Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

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    Hassan Sher

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    Ripu M. Kunwar

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Kunwar, L. et al. (2021). Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq. Solanum nigrum L. Solanum surattense Burm. f. Solanaceae. 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_230

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