cacahuananche

noun
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1

A tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.

2

A tree originally from Mexico to Colombia, Gliricidia sepium, grown in the tropics worldwide to shade crops such as cacao and coffee, as well as for intercropping due to its nitrogen-fixing roots.

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