Characteristics
Dicots
Aleurites moluccanus (L.)Willd.
CANDLENUT TREE; INDIAN WALNUT
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Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Aleurites moluccanus (L.)Willd. - CANDLENUT TREE; INDIAN WALNUT
Citation
ALEURITES MOLUCCANUS (Linnaeus) Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 590. 1805.
Jatropha moluccana Linnaeus 1753.
SRI LANKA: Without data, Hermann Herb. 3: 27 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Radcliffe-Smith, Kew Bull. 41: 54. 1986.
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