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Malay apple is indigenous from southeast Asia to Vanuatu, but its exact origin is uncertain, probably in the lowland rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Sumatra. It is now cultivated and naturalized in many countries throughout the tropics, especially in Indo-Malaysia, southeast Asia, East Africa, Central and South America, Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Syzygium malaccense. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_103
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