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Crescentia alata Kunth Crescentia cujete L. Bignoniaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico

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Crescentia alata Kunth: Crescentia ternata Sessé & Moc., Crescentia trifolia Blanco, Otophora paradoxa Blume, Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers, Pteromischus alatus (Kunth) Pichon

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The authors thak financial support from the CONACYT, Mexico (project A1-S-14306), CONABIO/GEF/FAO ID9380 (project RG023) and PAPIIT, DGAPA, UNAM (projects IN206520 and 224023).

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  1. Posgrado en Botánica, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Estado de México, México

    Xitlali Aguirre-Dugua

  2. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

    Alejandro Casas

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    Alejandro Casas

  2. Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación (CIByC), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    José Juan Blancas Vázquez

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Aguirre-Dugua, X., Casas, A. (2023). Crescentia alata Kunth Crescentia cujete L. Bignoniaceae. In: Casas, A., Blancas Vázquez, J.J. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99357-3_34

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