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Cambogia gummi-guta L., Cambogia gutta L., Cambogia gutta Lindl., Garcinia affinis Wight & Arn., Garcinia cambogia (Gaertn.) Desr. nom. illeg., Garcinia conicarpa Wight, Garcinia gummi-gutta var. conicarpa (Wight) N. P. Singh, Garcinia elliptica Wall., Garcinia papilla Wight, Garcinia quaesita Pierre, Garcinia zeylanica Roxb.,

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Garcinia gummi-gutta. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_7

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