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Barringtonia asiatica is indigenous to the mangrove habitats in the tropics from Madagascar, to Malesia, Taiwan, Philippines, northern Australia and Polynesia.
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Lim, T.K. (2012). Barringtonia asiatica. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_7
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