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Acajuba occidentalis (L.) Gaertner, Anacardium amilcarianum Machado, Anacardium curatellifolium A. St. Hilaire, Anacardium kuhlmannianum Machado, Anacardium microcarpum Ducke, Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus var. americanum de Candolle, Anacardium mediterraneum Vellozo, Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus var. indicum de Candolle, Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus var. gardneri Engler, Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus var. longifolium Presl, Anacardium othonianum Rizzini, Anacardium rondonianum Machado, Anacardium subcordatum Presl, Cassuvium pomiferum Lamarck, Cassuvium reniforme Blanco

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