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百香果的花朵盛開時,就像是時鐘表面的刻劃。當時日人來台看見此花,稱之為「時計草」,而台灣人則稱作「時計果」或「時鐘果」。現臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典正名為「時計果」。

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百香果名稱由來-百香果的故鄉--埔里百香果生產合作社

「埔里百香果生產合作社」位於南投縣埔里鎮大坪頂區,由於氣候環境因素,及長期致力於栽種技術的改良,確保百香果的生產品質,造就埔里鎮成為全台百香果栽種最密集、品質最佳的專業生產區,產量占全台九成,故有「百香果的故鄉」之稱。

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