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Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. Thymelaeaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Agallochum malaccensis (Lam.) O.K.; Agallochum malaicense Rumph.; Agallochum secundarium coinamense Rumph.; Aloexylum agallochum Lour.; Aquillaria agallochum Roxb.; Aquillaria agallocha Roxb. ex DC.; Aquilaria moluccensis Oken; Aquillaria ovata Cav.; Aquilariella malaccensis (Lam.) van Tiegh.; Aquillaria secundaria DC.

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