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Durio dulcis

Durio dulcis
Photo: Ezagren (bicara / talk), Attribution

Durio dulcis is a large tropical tree from Borneo, known for producing one of the sweetest durian fruits. It is a forest tree rather than a garden plant, so it needs a warm, humid, wet tropical climate and plenty of space.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially when young, and water during dry spells.
Soil
Deep, well-drained, fertile soil with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect from frost and temperatures below about 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Durio dulcis, known as durian merah in Malay, layung or pesasang in Tidung, is a tree species in the genus Durio.

Other Durio plants

Red-fleshed durian · Durio macrantha · Durion · Durio

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Durio dulcis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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