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McGaw, L., Jäger, A., Grace, O., Fennel, C., van Staden, J. (2005). Medicinal Plants. In: Van Niekerk, A. (eds) Ethics in Agriculture — An African Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2989-6_6
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