Table 21: Pollen Frequencies in Honey from different locations in Malaysia, compared with Honey from Australia, China and U.S.A

Table 21: Pollen Frequencies in Honey from different locations in Malaysia, compared with Honey from Australia, China and U.S.A

Location	Major Crop Plants	Predominant Pollen	Secondary Pollen
		(45% and above)	(16-45%)
Malaysian Honey
1. Air Tawar	coconut	Cocos nucifera	-
	(close to mangrove)
2. Alai	coconut	Cocos nucifera	-
	carambola
3. Batu Pahat	coconut	Cocos nucifera	Theobroma cacao
	cacao
	sago
4. Balakong	carambola	Averrhoa carambola	-
	(close to coconut
	and oil palm)
5. Pontian	coconut	Cocos nucifera	-
	starfruit
6. Serdang Lama	carambola	Averrhoa carambola	-
	(close to coconut)
7. Tanjung Karang	coconut	Cocos nucifera	-
8. U.P.M.	starfruit	-	Cocos nucifera
	(close to coconut
	and guava)		Psidium guajava
			Averrhoa carambola
9. Australia	not known	Eucalyptus	Spesies B
		sp. (A)	(a)
		(a)
10. China	not known	Spesies B	Spesies A
		(c)	(a)
11. U.S.A	"orange blossom"	-	-
Major Crop Plants	Important Minor Pollen	Non-important Minor Pollen
	(3-15%)	(less than 3%)
coconut	Avicennia alba	Rhizophora mucronata
(close to mangrove)		Bruquiera gymnorhiza
		B eriopetala
		Pluchea indica
		Sonneratia alba
coconut	Averrhoa carambola	Sporobolus
carambola	Compositae spp.
coconut	Metroxylon sagus	Psidium guajava
cacao	Averrhoa carambola	Asystasia intrusa
sago	Cloeme rutidosperma	Musa cv.
carambola	Cocos nucifera	Asystasia intrusa
(close to coconut
and oil palm)	Acacia spp.	Cleome rutidosperma
	Leucaena leucacephala	Manihot spp.
	Compositae spp.	Amaranthus spp.
	Elaeis guineensis	Sporobolus sp.
coconut	Compositae spp.	Asystasia intrusa
starfruit	Averrhoa carambola	Sporobolus Sp.
		Cleome rutidosperma
carambola	Cocos nucifera	Cleome rutidosperma
(close to coconut)	Melaleuca leucadendron	Compositae spp.
	Acacia spp.	Psidium guajava
coconut	-	Theobroma cacao
		Asystasia intrusa
		Compositae spp.
starfruit	Veitchia merrillii	Asystasia intrusa
(close to coconut
and guava)	Sporobolus sp.
not known	Spesies C(a)	Spesies G(a)
	Spesies D(a)	Spesies H(a)
	Spesies E(a)
	Spesies F(a)
not known	Spesies C(c)	Spesies D(c)
	Spesies E(c)
"orange blossom"	-	-