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Solanum albidum Dunal Solanum americanum Mill. Solanum fragile Wedd. Solanum herba-bona Reiche Solanum mammosum L. Solanum marginatum L. f. Solanum nigrum L. Solanum nitidum Ruiz. & Pav. Solanum nudum Dunal Solanaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Andes

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Solanum albidum Dunal: Solanum albidum var., poortmanii André; Solanum incanum Ruiz & Pav.; Solanum macrophyllum var. carabayense Bitter; Solanum mandonis subsp. carabayense Bitter; Solanum mandonis Van Heurck & Müll. Arg.; Solanum mandonis var. dryophyllum Bitter; Solanum mandonis var. tardecalvescens Bitter; Solanum paniculatum var. chulumani Dunal.

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Echeverría, J., Romero, C. (2020). Solanum albidum Dunal Solanum americanum Mill. Solanum fragile Wedd. Solanum herba-bona Reiche Solanum mammosum L. Solanum marginatum L. f. Solanum nigrum L. Solanum nitidum Ruiz. & Pav. Solanum nudum Dunal Solanaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77093-2_270-1

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