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Latin name	Plinia L.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	plinia
French name	plinia
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Latin name	Plinia abeggii (Urb. & Ekman) Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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Synonym	Eugenia abeggii Urb. & Ekman
English name	Hispaniola plinia
French name	plinia d'Hispaniola
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Latin name	Plinia acunae Borhidi & O.Muñiz
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
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English name	Acuña plinia
French name	plinia d'Acuña
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Latin name	Plinia caricensis Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Carice, Vallière, Massif du Nord; Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	Carice plinia
French name	plinia de Carice
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Latin name	Plinia cidrensis Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Morne La Cidre, St. Michel, Massif du Nord; Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Plinia acutissima var. cidrensis (Urb.) Borhidi
English name	LaCidre plinia
French name	plinia de La Cidre
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Latin name	Plinia ekmaniana Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Anse à Foleur, St. Louis du Nord, Massif du Nord; Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Ekman plinia
French name	plinia d'Ekman
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Latin name	Plinia haitiensis Urb. & Ekman
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Morne Basil, Artibonite; Dominican Republic: between Cenobí River and San Juan River, Monción)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Plinia montecristina Urb. & Ekman
English name	Haiti plinia
French name	plinia d'Haïti
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Latin name	Plinia microcycla Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti; Dominican Republic: Savane Petit-Glacis, Barahona)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	calc
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English name	PetitGlacis plinia
French name	plinia du Petit-Glacis
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Latin name	Plinia pinnata L.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles) N MW South America (Colombia to French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci
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Synonym	Eugenia pinnata L. Eugenia plumieri (O.Berg) Nied. Marlierea glomerata O.Berg Myrciaria involucrata O.Berg Myrciaria trinitatis O.Berg Stenocalyx plumieri O.Berg
English name	pinnate plinia
French name	plinia cerisier-montagne; bois créole des hauts, bois de basse, bois-muscade, cerisier-montagne, muscadier
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Latin name	Plinia povedae P.E.Sánchez
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Poveda plinia
French name	plinia de Poveda
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Latin name	Plinia puriscalensis P.E.Sánchez & Q.Jiménez
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	CostaRica plinia
French name	plinia du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Plinia rupestris Ekman & Urb.
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	rupicolous plinia
French name	plinia rupicole
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Latin name	Plinia salticola McVaugh
Family	Myrtaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	salticola plinia
French name	plinia salticola
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Latin name	Plocosperma Benth.
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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English name	plocosperma
French name	plocosperma
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Latin name	Plocosperma buxifolium Benth.
Family	Loganiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Use	fw
Synonym	Lithophytum violaceum Brandegee Plocosperma anomalum S.F.Blake Plocosperma microphyllum Baill. ex Soler.
English name	boxleaf plocosperma
French name	plocosperma à feuilles de buis
Spanish name	frutilla (Guatemala); jicarillo (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Plumeria L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution
North America distribution zone
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Synonym	Plumiera Adans. Plumieria Scop.
English name	frangipani
French name	frangipanier
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Other name	frangipane (italian); Frangipani (german); franjipani, franjipann, franjipanye, franjipanye mawon (creole, Haiti); Plumeria (german)
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Latin name	Plumeria alba L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	D E?
Ecology	hel xer calc
Use	dr (latex application for skin parasites, syphilis and toothache, roots decoction taken orally for intestinal worms) fw [ma] pl ti
Synonym	Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp. Plumiera alba L. Plumiera hypoleuca Gasp.
English name	white frangipani; frangi-pani (Lesser Antilles); frangipani (USA); milk-tree (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); milky-bush (Virgin Islands); nosegaytree (Puerto Rico); pigeonwood (Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles); plumeria (USA); white chumpa; white frangepane (Netherlands Antilles)
French name	frangipanier blanc; bois de lait (French Guiana); frangipanier (Haiti, Lesser Antilles); frangipanier sauvage (Guadeloupe, Haiti); jasmine (Barbuda); laurier bâtard
Spanish name	alelaila, aleli, alelí blanco (Puerto Rico)
Other name	frangipane bianco (italian); franjipanye blan, franjipanye sovaj (creole, Haiti); kananakaravira (sanskrit); Peru, perumallari, perungalli (tamil); plumeria (italian); Tempelstrauch (german); veyyivarahalu (telugu); Weisse Frangipani (german)
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Latin name	Plumeria clusioides Griseb.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	falseclusia frangipani
French name	frangipanier faux-clusia
Spanish name	lirio de sabana (Cuba)
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Latin name	Plumeria ekmanii Urb.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	serp
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English name	Ekman frangipani
French name	frangipanier d'Ekman
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Latin name	Plumeria magna Zanoni & M.M.Mejia
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	calc serp
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English name	large frangipani
French name	frangipanier grand
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Latin name	Plumeria montana Britton & P.Wilson
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	mountain frangipani
French name	frangipanier de montagne
Spanish name	lirio, súcheli (Cuba)
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Latin name	Plumeria nipensis Britton
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	SierraNipe frangipani
French name	frangipanier de la Sierra Nipe
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Latin name	Plumeria obtusa L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (bark and stem decoction bath for ulcer and wound, flower tea for flu, cold, bronchitis and dry cough) pl (potential) tx (latex)
Synonym	Plumeria bahamensis Urb. Plumeria barahonensis Urb. Plumeria beatensis Urb. Plumeria cayensis Urb. Plumeria confusa Britton Plumeria cubensis Urb. Plumeria cuneifolia Helw. Plumeria emarginata Griseb. Plumeria estrellensis Urb. Plumeria inaguensis Britton Plumeria jamaicencis Britton Plumeria krugii Urb. Plumeria marchii Urb. Plumeria ostenfeldii Urb. Plumeria portoricensis Urb. Plumeria venosa Britton Plumiera inaguensis Britton Plumiera obtusa L. Plumieria inaguensis Britton
English name	bluntlobe frangipanni; blunt-leaved plumiera, frangi-panni, frangipanni (Bahamas); milkwood (Jamaica); Singapore graveyard flower; wild frangipani (Jamaica); wild jasmine (Cayman Islands)
French name	frangipanier à lobes obtus; fragipanier, franchipagne (Haiti); frangipane, frangipanier, frangipanier blanc p.p.
Spanish name	aleli; alelí (Dominican Republic); aleli cimarron; alelí cimarrón (Puerto Rico); aleli de la mona; alelí de la mona (Puerto Rico); alelí montuno (Puerto Rico); alelia; alelía (Puerto Rico); atabaiba (Dominican Republic); flor de cera; flor de cerro (Dominican Republic); frangipani, inagua plumiera (Bahamas); lirio (Cuba); palo de cerro; tabaiba (Puerto Rico)
Other name	oleander di Bonaire (Nethelands Antilles); franchipayn, franjipani, franjipanye blan, frasoyn (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Plumeria obtusa L. var. obtusa
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	typical bluntlobe frangipani
French name	frangipanier à lobes obtus typique; franchipagne, frangipane, frangipanier blanc p.p.
Spanish name	atelí, flor de cera, lab de cerro
Other name	atabaiba
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Latin name	Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán; Guatemala, Belize, USA: Florida; Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Use	dr
Synonym	Plumeria domingensis Urb. Plumeria domingensis C.Wright ex Griseb. Plumeria gibbosa Urb. Plumeria multiflora Standl. Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb. Plumeria tuberculata Lodd.
English name	silkyleaf bluntlobe frangipani; hairy plumiera (Bahamas)
French name	frangipanier à lobes obtus soyeux; frangipane, frangipanier épineux
Spanish name	alelí; atabaiba; flor de chombo, flor de mayo (Guatemala); zopilote (Belize)
Other name	nichte chom (maya, Mexico)
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Latin name	Plumeria rubra L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; West Indies) South America? (tropics)? int MW ME S Eurasia (UK, tropics) N M Oceania (tropics, Hawaii) and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	D (E in Puerto Rico)
Ecology	hel mes xer calc sili
Use	cl (Buddhist and Mahommedan alike plant the champac above their dead, emblem of immortality, flowers offered in buddhist temples, votive offerings to the gods) dr (as a counter-irritant to cure rheumatic pains, bark: purgative, decoction from bark makes a powerful anti-herpetic, flower buds taken with betel leaves as a febrifuge, flower perfume: frangipani, fruits used as an external application to the part bitten, given with coconut, ghee and rice as a remedy for diarrhea, in South America women adorn themselves with these flowers and put them among linen to scent it, leaves after heated applied as poultice to reduce swellings, plasters made from bark used in dispersing hard tumours, recommended by the Persians and in Puerto Rico as a cure for gonorrhoea and venereal sores, seeds boiled in milk and given as an antidote in cases of snake-bite, used for intermittent fever, used with sandalwood and camphor to cure itch) fd ma (caoutchouc extracted from the young branches) pl (cultivated, ornamental) sa (in Goa the leaves and branches are tied round coconut palms to protect them against the attacks of the long-horned beetle: Batocera rubra) ti (contruction, turned work) tx (latex)
Synonym	Plumeria acuminata Aiton Plumeria acutifolia Poir. Plumeria arborescens R.Br. Plumeria bicolor Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria carinata Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria incarnata Mill. Plumeria incarnata Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria lutea Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria purpurea Ruiz. & Pav. Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia (Poir.) L.H.Bailey Plumeria rubra f. acutifolia (Poir.) Woodson Plumeria rubra L. f. rubra Plumeria rubra Woodson f. rubra Plumeria rubra f. typica Woodson Plumeria tricolor Ruiz & Pav. Plumiera rubra L. Plumiera tenorii Gasp.
English name	nosegay frangipani; dead man's flower (USA); frangijaponie (Virgin Islands); frangipani (Gold Coast, Puerto Rico, USA); graveyard flower, jasmine tree (USA); jessamine (Bahamas); mayflower (Belize); Mexican frangipani (USA); nosegay, pagoda tree, pagota tree; red frangepane (Netherlands Antilles); red frangipani (Gold Coast); red frangipanni (Bahamas); red jasmine (Bermuda, Jamaica); red jasmine of Jamaica; red paucipan (Virgin Islands); red plumiera (Bahamas); Spanish jasmine (Bahamas, Belize, USA); temple flower (Gold Coast, USA); temple tree (USA); true frangipani, West Indian jasmine, white chumpa; white frangipani p.p. (USA)
French name	frangipanier rouge; bois de lait (French Guiana); frangipane (Haiti); frangipanier (Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Senegal); frangipanier blanc p.p. (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Réunion Island, Senegal); frangipanier rose (French Guiana, Haiti); laurier bâtard, laurier rouge bâtard?, pluméria rouge
Spanish name	aleli, aleli rojo (Puerto Rico); amancayo (Colombia); amapola (Colombia, Venezuela); amapolo (Venezuela); atabaiba, atabaiba rosada; ataiba rosada (Dominican Republic); atapaima (Venezuela); cacalojoche (Costa Rica); caracucha, caracucha blanca, caracucha colorada (Panama); caracuche (Peru); cararucha blanca (Panama); flor blanca (Costa Rica, El Salvador); flor de cuervo (Mexico); flor de ensarta, flor de ensorta (El Salvador); flor de la cruz (El Salvador, Guatemala); flor de mayo (Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico); flor de sarta, flor de toro (Nicaragua); frangipán (Cuba); frangi pangi (Belize); juche (Costa Rica); lirio, lirio tricolor (Cuba); majuhua, matuhua, nicte de monte, palo de cruz (Guatemala); palo de la cruz (Panama); regalgar, rosa blanca (Mexico); sacuanjoche (Nicaragua); tlapalitos (Mexico); torito (Costa Rica); yema de huevo
Other name	acalztatsim (Mexico); achin (urdu); ahuaipuih (mixe); alariya (sinhalese, Sri Lanka); arali (malayalam, India); arhataganneru (telugu); balukuño (fuuta jalon); belchampaka (India); bong su do, bong su ma (Indo-China); cacalosúchil, cacaloxochitl (Mexico); calachuchi, calasusi, calatsutsi (tagalog); calatucha (visayan); carachucha (tagalog); chak-sabak-nikté (maya); chameli (hindi, India); champa, champaka (India); champapungar (santali); champei (Cambodia); champey sar (Indo-China); China-champac (burmese); chinachampac (Myanmar); cumpap (Guatemala); daid hoa su trang (Indo-China); dalanaphula (India); devaganagalu (sanskrit); devaganagile, dolochampo, dolochapa (India); frangipane rosso (italian); frangipanye wòz (creole, Haiti); ganagala, goalanchi (India); goburchamp (hindi); goburchampa (India); golainchi (hindi); golainciba, golaincidaru (nagari); golanchi (mundari); golochi (uriya); gorurchampa (India); gosampige (sanskrit and tulu, India); guie-chachi (zapoteco); gul-e-chin (hindustani, India); gulachin (hindi, India); gulacin (persian); gulaici (uraon?); gulainchi (hindi); gulanjbaha (santali); gulchin, gutachin (India); ilattalari (tamil); jasmin mangueira (Brazil); kadusampage (India); kallimandarai (tamil); kanagile (India); kananakaravira (sanskrit); khadchampo (India); khairchampa (marathi, India); kishira-champa, kishirachampa (sanskrit); kok don (Indo-China); krishna champa (sanskrit, India); kuppiyalari (tamil); kutokompa (uriya); lalchampa (marathi); li-pa-gua-yo (chontal); li-tié (chinanteco); mien chi tu (Indo-China); mogaganagile (India); navillavalari (tamil); nuruvarahalu (telugu); peru, perumallari, perungalli (tamil); popojoyo (zoque); portugalo champo (konkani, India); rhadachampo (India); rhuruchapha (marathi, India); Rote Frangipani (german); sach-nicté (maya); sacuanjoche (Nicaragua); sampai (tulu, India); sonchampa (marathi, India); suchil, tisaxochitl (Mexico); taroksaga, tayopsagah (Myanmar); ti ampa (Indo-China); torato (uriya); uculhuitz (huasteco); vadaganneru (telugu); velattalari, vellachampakam (malayalam, India); veyyivarahalu (telugu); yichiachi (zapoteco)
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Latin name	Plumeria stenopetala Urb.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	narrowpetal frangipani
French name	frangipanier marron; frangipane (Haiti)
Spanish name	alelí, atabaiba (Dominican Republic)
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Latin name	Plumeria trinitensis Britton
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Plumeria casildensis Urb. Plumeria dickyophylla Urb.
English name	Trinidad frangipani
French name	frangipanier de la Trinité
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Latin name	Podachaenium Benth. ex Oerst.
Family	Compositae
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English name	podachaenium
French name	podachaenium
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Latin name	Podachaenium eminens (Lag.) Sch.Bip.
Family	Compositae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
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Synonym	Ferdinanda eminens Lag. Podachaenium paniculatum Benth.
English name	paniculate podachaenium
French name	podachaenium paniculé
Spanish name	tora, tora blanca (Costa Rica)
Other name	sacapoc, tatascamite (Guatemala)
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