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Crescentia acuminata Kunth,, Crescentia angustifolia Willd. ex Seem., Crescentia arborea Raf., Crescentia cujete var. puberula Bureau & K. Schum., Crescentia cuneifolia Gardner, Crescentia fasciculata Miers. Crescentia ovata Burm.f., Crescentia plectantha Miers, Crescentia spathulata Miers.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Crescentia cujete. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_64
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