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Non-native to Gujarat's climax forest biomes, tracing its evolutionary origin to East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) and the eastern Himalayas. Introduced historically across India as a primary host plant for sericulture (Bombyx mori silkworms) and for horticultural fruit cultivation, it is widely naturalized across Gujarat's agricultural holdings, home gardens (vadas), educational campuses, and farm boundaries in Anand, Kheda, Vadodara, Surat, Navsari, Mehsana, and Sabarkantha.
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