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Aizoon canariense L.Aizoaceae

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Ethnobotany of Northern Africa and Levant

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Aizoon spathulatum Eckl. & Zeyh; Veslingia cauliflora Moench; Aizoon procumbens Crantz; Veslingia heisteri Fabr. ex Willd. Glinus chrystallinus Forssk; Glinus procumbens Forssk; Mesembryanthemum dubium Haw; Aizoon canariense var. denudatum Sond. (WFO 2023).

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  1. Yangchenphugh Higher Secondary School, Ministry of Education, Thimphu, Bhutan

    Tenzin Jamtsho

  2. Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

    Phurpa Wangchuk

  3. Laboratory of Bioresources, Biotechnology, Ethnopharmacology and Health, Unit of physiology and Ethnopharmacology, University Mohamed Premier, Faculty of Sciences, Oujda, Morocco

    Mostafa Elachouri

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  1. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  2. Biology Department, Mohamed I University, Oujda, Morocco

    Mostafa Elachouri

  3. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

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Jamtsho, T., Wangchuk, P., Elachouri, M. (2023). Aizoon canariense L.Aizoaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W., Elachouri, M., Kikvidze, Z. (eds) Ethnobotany of Northern Africa and Levant. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13933-8_19-1

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