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Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey

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Pepino da roça, melão de São Caetano

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    Nigel Smith

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Smith, N. (2023). Cucurbitaceae. In: Amazon Fruits: An Ethnobotanical Journey. Ethnobiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12803-5_21

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