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Pecan is native to south-central North America, in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz, in north America from southern Iowa, Illinois and Indiana east to western Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and western Tennessee, south through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Florida, and west into New Mexico.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Carya illinoensis. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_3

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