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Which one of these is not correctly matched?

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Parthenium argentatum - Furniture wood is obtained
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Leucaena leucocephala - Fixes atmospheric nitrogen
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Simmondsia - Liquid wax is obtained
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Psophocarpus - Seeds are nutritive
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The correct option is A Parthenium argentatum - Furniture wood is obtained
Parthenium argentatum is a flowering shrub. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was originally discovered by J. M. Bigelow in 1852. It can be found in the US states of New Mexico and Texas and the Mexican states.
It is the plant that can be used as an alternate source of latex that is also hypoallergenic, unlike the normal rubber.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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