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Cannonball tree is indigenous to the tropical rainforest of north-eastern South America, especially in the Amazon Basin. The tree is planted in gardens elsewhere in the tropics such as in India and Thailand Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Peru, United States, Venezuela. The species is frequently planted as a botanical curiosity in other tropical and subtropical botanical gardens in many parts of the world.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Couroupita guianensis. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_14
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