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Achacha is a tropical fruit from Bolivia, but the world's first commercial plantation is in Australia

In the depths of South America's Amazon Basin, the achachairú, a highly prized tropical fruit, has been cultivated for generations.

But it's on the other side of the world — in Australia — that the Bolivian fruit, also known as achacha, is grown on the greatest scale.

Bruce and Helen Hill's achacha plantation in Giru, south of Townsville, is home to more than 15,000 trees.

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