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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (MIUR) through University Roma Tre for its financial support, and to Dr. Lorenzo Traversetti for his help in preparing cluster tree. The informants are thanked for sharing their knowledge, their hospitality, and providing support in many other ways. Justin Bradshaw revised the English language version.

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  1. Bali Botanical Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Candikuning Baturiti, Tabanan, Bali, 82191, Indonesia

    Wawan Sujarwo

  2. Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi 446, Rome, 00146, Italy

    Wawan Sujarwo & Giulia Caneva

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Sujarwo, W., Caneva, G. Ethnobotanical Study of Cultivated Plants in Home Gardens of Traditional Villages in Bali (Indonesia). Hum Ecol 43, 769–778 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-015-9775-8

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