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Badamia commersonii Gaertn., Buceras catappa Hitchc., Catappa domestica Rumph., Juglans catappa (L.) Lour., Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze, Phytolacca javanica Osbeck, Terminalia badamia Tul., Terminalia catappa var. chlorocarpa Hassk., Terminalia catappa var. macrocarpa Hassk., Terminalia catappa var. rhodocarpa Hassk., Terminalia catappa var. subcordata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) DC., Terminalia dichotoma Miq., Terminalia intermedia Bertero ex Spreng., Terminalia latifolia Blanco, Terminalia procera Roxb., Terminalia mauritiana Blanco, Terminalia moluccana Lam., Terminalia myrobalana Roth, Terminalia ovatifolia Noronha, Terminalia paraensis Mart., Terminalia procera Roxb., Terminalia rubrigemmis Tul., Terminalia subcordata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Terminalia catappa. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_24

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