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Duku is indigenous to southeast Asia, throughout the Malay archipelago from Peninsular Thailand, Malaysia and in Indonesia. It is widely cultivated in southern Peninsular Malaysia.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Lansium domesticum ‘Duku Group’. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_33
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