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Old 07-20-2005, 03:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The Apple Banana, is also known as La Tundan or Latondan, unless there are other synonyms, and it has been growing in the Philippines far earlier than the US. It could have a Malayan origin, as one of the major settlers of the Philippines came from Malaysia. It must have been brought into Florida by Spaniards, just my speculation.
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