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MORTIMORE

Mortimore, Michael. 1989. Adapting to drought. Farmers, famines and desertification in West Africa. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Acacia albida

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Acacia ataxacantha

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Amorphophallus dracontioides

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Ampelocissus africana

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Balanites aegyptiaca

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Boerhavia repens

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Boscia salicifolia

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Boscia senegalensis

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Brachiara lata

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Butyrospermum paradoxicum ssp. Parkii

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