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Common names in Jamaica: Guinea henweed, guinea hen weed, guinea hen
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Vandebroek, I., Picking, D. (2020). Petiveria alliacea L. (Phytolaccaceae). 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_19
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