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Siraitia grosvenorii

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The species is native to southern China – in the south-western Chinese province of Guangxi (mostly in the mountains of Guilin), as well as in Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan and Jiangxi and Northern Thailand. Extensively cultivated by the Zhong enthic people in southern China.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Siraitia grosvenorii. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_51

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