Durian

Durian World The FIRST homepage dedicated for durian

Know & Enjoy Tropical Fruit For those who has been asking this humble webmaster of the King for the homepage of other tropical fruit, this is the site you might want to suft. Of coz it includes some info and pictures of the King himself! What do you expect huh :-) . The King rules and presides over all other fruits, tropical or otherwise!

Daniel Eat Durian Fruit A whacky and fun durian page that can only come from fellow durian eater - lotsa high quality and large size graphics.

Durian, King of Fruit A brief 6 paragraphs page...but contained tidbit and info about durian that you can't find elsewhere.

Durian Fruits and Mr. Bee "The durian is central to the experience of being Singaporean"

The Dreaded Durian some poor guy just don't get it...This fellow hate Durian... but hey, more for me!

Davao City Durian Festival Have Durian, will party! YES!!!

Crop of the Day: Durian Durian page for an agricultural course in Univ. of California, Davis

Durian Record No kidding; you can actually buy your Durian CDs here!

Fruits of Malaysia Among others, Durian (right on the very top of the page, where it rightly belongs, I must say...)

Asiaconnect Durian page Encylopedia-styled info about durian, this page has the feel that it is written by a committee...sic...

NewCROP: Durian Botanical defination + 2 photos

Pearl's Pantry Just a simple definition of durian.

US Dept. of Agriculture "Agricultural Commodity Identification Aid" - the title of this page said it all.

.asiatour / Diethelm Travel's Database "Thailand/Tropical fruit/Durian" entry of the database

.asiatour / Diethelm Travel's Database "Thailand/Essen in Thailand/Durian" entry of the database (same as previous link but in Germany/Deutsch - 'WillKommen in Thailand!')

SOGO brings you Thai Durian MUST SEE! tons of pictures, nice durian graphics and good info

Colophon to Chen Chong Swee's Painting of Durians (1951) "dramatic contrast between the prickly appearance of the durian and its taste inspires Pan's poem" - an excerpt from the page

Professor Douglas Durian The Nutty Professor! This Cornell educated guy is the pride of the Durian clan. Three cheers for him!

Virtual Durian MUST SEE! A true smeller!

Durian League of Mahjong A happy lasting marriage of the board game of mahjong and the King.

Durian, the light tropical hardwood one side of Durian that rarely ever crossed the mind of many of us but yes, durian is in fact a tropical hardwood, and is suitable for construction, making sandal, plywood, furniture, etc.! The King of the Fruits is ever so versatile!

A Thorny Fruit Main attraction is an excerpt about from the book, "The Malay Archipelago", written by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855.

Get This, Dump That Mr. Chee Chong Hwa personal evaluation and recommendation of a dozen popular Durian clones

Phill Gibson's Durian Page ...yet another good durian page

An Introduction to Durian MUST SEE! A six pages sequential presentation of Durian. Professionally done, it smelled (no pun intended) like a class project.

shaped like a hedgehog, smells like compost a heartwarming story of a close encounter with durian. Mr. Phill, the fearless traveller, was forced by circumstances to give durian a try (lucky him!) and did he survive the ordeal?

TanKimHock's Dodol Durian (Durian soft candy), Durian Cake + More on the Dodol Durian Two very fine examples of commercially produced durian food products. "prepared with glutinous rice, fresh coconut milk and Gula Melaka using our traditional recipe and modern food technology developed by our founder...fovourite among Malaysians, this sweet, smooth delicacy has a wonderful creamy and lingering taste and is ideal for any occassion"        [advertising pitch from the page (emphasis is mine but the misspelling of favourite is theirs! :-)] This Is A Commercial Site

Thai Durian Four popular Thai "Too-rian" explained, with photo of each.

Retrived From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Durian (Durio) is a plant and genus of 25-30 species of tropical trees native to southeast Asia. They are large trees, able to grow up to 40 meters in height. The leaves are evergreen, opposite, elliptic to oblong and 10-18 cm long. The flowers are produced in clusters of 3-30 together on large branches and the trunk, each flower having a calyx and 5 (rarely 4 or 6) petals.

The durian fruit matures in about 3 months after pollination. It can grow up to 40 cm long and 30 cm in diameter, and typically weighs 1-5 kg. The fruit can hang from any branch. A typical durian tree can bear fruit after 4-5 years. The color of the fruit ranges from green to brown, the shape oblong to round. Its distinctive features are a hard outer husk which is covered with sharp, prickly thorns, and a strong, distinctive odour which emits from the flesh within. Some regard this odour as fragrant, while the uninitiated often find it overpowering or offensive. The edible portion of the fruit is the yellowish, curd-like flesh which surrounds a hard seed. The seeds, which are the size of chestnuts, can be eaten if roasted, fried, or boiled. Some Westerners have described the experience of eating the durian as "like eating custard in a public lavatory". (Empirical evidence suggests that lemon juice and chocolate syrup help to vanquish the unfortunate aftertaste.) The fruit also looks quite similar to the jackfruit, even though they are not particularly related.

A durian falling on a person's head can cause serious injuries or death due to the fact that it is heavy, spiky, and may fall from high up, so a hardhat is essential when collecting the fruit. Because of this, the durian is sometimes called the most dangerous fruit in the world.

The scientific name for the commercial durian is Durio zibethinus. Other edible durian species are sometimes available in the local markets of Southeast Asia.

The durian is known as the king of the fruits, whilst the mangosteen is the queen of fruits. Its name comes from the Malay word "duri", which means "spike" or "thorn".

There are many cultivars of the durian, each having a name and also a code number starting with "D". For example, some popular clones are D24, D99, D158 and D159 (or 'Mon Thong'). Since the durian is the topic of study in certain agricultural institutions, certain commercialized strains are given a D number to distinguish them from "standard" wild varieties.