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Lansium domesticum ‘Langsat-Lonkong Group’

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The species is indigenous to southeast Asia, throughout the Malay archipelago from Peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. In Indonesia, langsat is found in Banyuwangi, Bangka, Palembang, West Kalimantan and in Sulawesi. Langsat is cultivated in a small scale in Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Hawaii, Australia, Surinam and Puerto Rico. It is common wild, naturalised and cultivated in these areas. Longkong is a major fruit crop in Thailand and is also widely cultivated in Peninsular Malaysia.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Lansium domesticum ‘Langsat-Lonkong Group’. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_34

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