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Durio zibethinus
Also called King Of Fruits, Durian
In Singapore: Durian, Durian Kampong, 榴莲 (Grown in Singapore)
1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Pulau Ubin, in forested knoll off Jalan Batu Ubin behind cemetery grounds
Durian (Durio zibethinus) is a large tropical fruit tree from Southeast Asia, prized for its strong-smelling, custard-like fruit. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and deep, moist, well-drained soil.
Durio zibethinus is the most common tree species in the genus Durio, commonly known as durian, and has edible fruits by the same name.
As with most other durian species, the edible flesh emits a distinctive odour that is strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance; others find the aroma overpowering and revolting. The persistence of its odour has led to the fruit's banishment from certain hotels and public transportation in Southeast Asia.
The flavour quality of durian fruit is best when the tree is 30 to 60 years old. Over the centuries, numerous durian cultivars, propagated by vegetative clones, have arisen in southeast Asia. Durians used to be grown from seeds of trees bearing superior quality fruit, with mixed results. Cultivars are now reliably propagated by layering, marcotting, or more commonly, by grafting, including bud, veneer, wedge, whip or U-grafting onto seedlings of randomly selected rootstocks. Different cultivars may be distinguished to some extent by variations in the fruit shape, such as the shape of the spines. Durian consumers express preferences for specific cultivars, which fetch higher prices in the market.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Durio zibethinus 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.
