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FARMERS in the cacao region of the State of Bahia have known for some years of a peculiar tree which has a detrimental effect on the cacao trees which grow nearby. This tree is locally called “mata-cacau” (cacao-killer), and has recently been identified as a new species of Acanthosyris (A. paulo-alvimii Barr.), of the Santalaceae family1.
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Barroso, G., Nineteenth Cong. Bras. Bot., Fortaleza, Brazil (in the press).
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ALVIM, P., SEESCHAAF, KW. Die-back and Death of Cacao Trees caused by a New Species of Parasitic Tree. Nature 219, 1386–1387 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191386a0
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