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Cultivation of rauvolfia serpentina in India

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    L. D. Kapoor

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Dutta, P.K., Chopra, I.C. & Kapoor, L.D. Cultivation of rauvolfia serpentina in India. Econ Bot 17, 243–251 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860133

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