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Borassus flabellifer

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Borassus flabelliformis Roxb., Borassus flabellifer L. var. aethiopicum Warb.; Borassus sundaicus Becc., Borassus tunicatus Lour., Pholidocarpus tunicatus (Lour.) H. Wendl, Thrinax tunicata (Lour.) Rollisson.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Borassus flabellifer. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_44

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