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Prinsepia utilis Royle Rosaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Prinsepia utilis: Chinese: 扁核木; Nepal: Bhekhal, Bhekhla, Bhenkal, Bhekali, Dhatelo, Dhatyal; Gharwal: Bhainkal; Jammu: Burkhui, Bhekla, Bhikal, Bekkra, Cherara.

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  1. The Resource Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Sony Baral & Kalyan Gauli

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

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  3. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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

    Maroof Ali Turi

  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 & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  8. Institute of Silvilculture and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Sony Baral

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    Ripu M. Kunwar

  2. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Swat, Mingora, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

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

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Baral, S., Gauli, K., Kunwar, R.M., Turi, M.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Prinsepia utilis Royle Rosaceae. 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_197

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