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Canarium vulgare is native to Eastern Malaysia, Papua, Papua New Guinea (Morobe) and Indonesia – Alor, Nusa Tenggara Timor (Eastern Lesser Sunda Islands) and Maluku (Moluccas). It is especially endemic in Ambon. It has been introduced to India, Sri Lanka and elsewhere in the tropics.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Canarium vulgare. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_87
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