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Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle Phyllanthaceae

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Acidoton virosus (Roxb. ex Willd.) Kuntze; Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd.; Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill. subsp. melanthesioides: Flueggea melanthesoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell; Flueggea novoguineensis Valeton; Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle f. reticulata Domin; Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle var. aridicola Domin; Leptonema melanthesoides F.Muell.; Securinega melanthesoides (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw; Securinega melanthesoides (F. Muell.) Airy Shaw var. aridicola (Domin) Airy Shaw. subsp. virosa: Acidoton obovatus Kuntze; Bessera inermis Spreng.; Cicca pentandra Blanco; Conami portoricensis Britton; Diasperus portoricensis Kuntze; Drypetes bengalensis Spreng.; Flueggea abyssinica (A. Rich.) Baill.; Flueggea angulata (Schumach. & Thonn.) Baill.; Flueggea arborescens Bojer; Flueggea leucophylla Wall.; Flueggea microcarpa Blume; Flueggea obovata (Willd.) Wall. ex Fern.-Vill.; Flueggea obovata (Willd.) Wall. ex Fern.-Vill. var. luxurians Chev. ex Beille; Flueggea ovalis Baill.; Flueggea senensis Klotzsch; Phyllanthus angulatus Schumach. & Thonn.; Phyllanthus dioicus Schumach. & Thonn.; Phyllanthus flueggeiformis Müll. Arg.; Phyllanthus glaucus Wall.; Phyllanthus griseus Wall.; Phyllanthus leucophyllus Strachey & Winterb. ex Baill.; Phyllanthus lucidus Hort. ex Steud.; Phyllanthus obtusus Schrank; Phyllanthus portoricensis (Kuntze) Urban; Phyllanthus reichenbachianus Sieber ex Baill.; Phyllanthus retusus Roxb.; Phyllanthus rotundatus (“rotundata”) Wall.; Phyllanthus virens Wall. ex B. D. Jacks.; Securinega abyssinica A. Rich.; Securinega microcarpa (Blume) Müll. Arg.; Securinega obovata (Willd.) Müll. Arg.; Xylophylla obovata Willd.

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Mustaqim, W.A. (2020). Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle Phyllanthaceae. In: Franco, F. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14116-5_141-1

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