波罗蜜(Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.)原产地不详,但一般认为原产于印度西高止山的雨林。在印度、缅甸、斯里兰卡、马来西亚、中国南部和印尼等地海拔4,500呎(约合1,350米)以下地区到处都有栽培,在昆士兰、澳大利亚和毛里求斯的一些地区也有栽培。在非洲肯尼亚、乌干达和桑给巴尔普遍栽培,但在南非洲的马拉维则栽培不成功。在夏威夷,虽早在1888年以前就有栽培,但同热带 Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. Origin is unknown, but is generally believed to originate from rainforests in western Ghats in India. Cultivars are grown everywhere in India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, southern China and Indonesia at less than 4,500 feet (4,500 feet) and are also grown in parts of Queensland, Australia and Mauritius. Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar are common in Africa, but not in Malawi in South Africa. In Hawaii, though cultivated as early as 1888, it is tropical