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Grewia asiatica

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Phalsa is native to tropical southern Asia from Pakistan east to India and Nepal, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. It has become naturalised and locally invasive in Australia and the Philippines.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Grewia asiatica. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_24

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