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Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott.

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Lim, T.K. (2015). Xanthosoma sagittifolium . In: Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9511-1_15

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