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Ziziphus jujuba Mill Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Ziziphus jujuba Mill: Ziziphus sativa Gaertn; Ziziphus vulgaris Lam, Rhamnus zizyphus L.

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  1. SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, Sanothimi Bhaktapur, Nepal

    N. B. Khatri Chhetri

  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. Islamia College Peshawar Jamrod Road, University Campus, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  6. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  8. College of Life Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China

    Maroof Ali Turi

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Khatri Chhetri, N.B., Kunwar, R.M., Jan, H.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Turi, M.A. (2021). Ziziphus jujuba Mill Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_262-1

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