List of All Fruits: Durian

List of All Fruits: Durian

The ripe durian is best known for its terrible smell of over-ripe cheese, rotten onions, turpentine and drains. Hotels in Thailand often display signboards that Durians are not allowed inside the building. Despite this, it is highly appreciated by many for its special sweet and aromatic taste. Durian is also known as the "king of fruits".
Family: Bombacaceae
Order: Malvales

Origin: Indonesia, Borneo, Malaysia
Distribution: South-East Asia, West-Indies, Madagascar. Highest production is in Chanthaburi, a province in Thailand about 240 km east of Bangkok.

Evergreen or deciduous: Evergreen
Flowers: Large yellowish green feathery flowers, which produce a lot of nectar. Flowers have a heavy, sour and buttery odor.
Leaves: Elliptic to oblong leaves, 10-18 cm long, 3-7 cm wide. The leaves are smooth with a light or dark green color/ The underside of the leaves has a golden sheen.
Fruits: Durian has spiky fruits with a hard, brownish-green peel. Fruits vary in size but can be larger as a human head (30-40 cm). Weight from 1 to 5 kilos. Fruits hang from the branches. Fruits are filled with an edible, cream-colored, custard-like pulp. Embedded in the pulp are one to five chestnut-sized seeds. Durian fuits have a mild sweet flavor but a very pungent bad smelling odor. The flesh is widely believed to act as an aphrodisiac.
Climate and weather: Needs a tropical climate with abundant rainfall.
Pollination: Pollination mainly by fruit bats. Human hand-pollination increases fruit set.
Height: Big trees often 25 meter tall. Some even up to 40 meter.
Crown size:
Blooming period Durian trees have one or two flowering and fruiting periods each year. The timing depends on species and locality. In East Thailand the main blooming period is December to February.
Type of soil: Prefers rich, deep, well-drained sandy clay or clay loam (deep alluvial or loamy soil), high in organic matter.