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Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Euphorbiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Aleurites ambinux Pers.; Aleurites angustifolia Vieill.; Aleurites commutata Geiseler; Aleurites cordifolia Steud.; Aleurites erratica O. Deg., I. Deg. & K. Humme; Aleurites integrifolia Vieill.; Aleurites javanica Gand.; Aleurites lanceolata Blanco; Aleurites lobata Blanco; Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. var. aulanii O. Deg. & I. Deg.; Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. var. katoi O. Deg., I. Deg. & B. C. Stone; Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. var. moluccana (sensu Airy Shaw); Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. var. remyi (Sherff) B. C. Stone; Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. var. serotina O. Deg. & Sherff; Aleurites pentaphylla Wall.; Aleurites remyi Sherff; Aleurites triloba J. R. Forst & G. Forst; Camirium cordifolium Gaertn.; Camirium oleosum Reinw. ex Blume; Croton moluccana auct. non L.; Jatropha moluccana L.; Juglans camirium Lour.

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Mustaqim, W.A., Yus, R.R. (2021). Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Euphorbiaceae. In: Franco, F.M. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38389-3_165

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