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Calyptranthes capitellata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. nom. nud., Calyptranthes caryophyllifolia Willd., Calyptranthes cumini (L.) Pers., Calyptranthes cuminodora Stokes, Calyptranthes jambolana (Lam.) Willd., Calyptranthes jambolifera Stokes, Calyptranthes oneillii Lundell, Caryophyllus corticosus Stokes, Caryophyllus jambos Stokes, Eugenia calyptrata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn., Eugenia caryophyllifolia Lam., Eugenia cumini (L.) Druce, Eugenia jambolana Lam., Eugenia jambolana var.

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