"originated in india,cultivated in china & reached fruition in japan" donslot - your link made interesting reading so whats the answer ? china japan or india? :~/
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes_and_Puz zles/Question286479.html
thought i recognised the question from a while ago, am sure it is from real people mag - 7th sept - issue 34 and they give the answer as india. GO TO -
answers to pickmeup, real people, etc, donslots site, (can never remember the link !)