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large, broadly spreading shrub. Elevation ranges from 900 m to 3,700 m.
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86:Appendix II
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988:Plant List
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562:References
552:endangered
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68:Endangered
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758:(2010).
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483:var.
441:berry
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301:Spjut
293:Wall.
285:Spjut
232:Zucc.
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764:ISBN
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595:2011
556:IUCN
505:and
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