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Durian Facts
By peace | December 9, 2007
Scientific Name for Durian: Durio zibethinus L. (Genus Durio; Family Bombacaceae)
Botanically speaking, the durian fruit is actually a capsule, and the edible sections are technically called arils. Arillate fruits are rare, perhaps 1% of all tropical fruits. Most fleshy fruits are categorized as drupes (like a plum, with a single hard pit) or pomes (like an apple, with accessory flesh around a seedy core) or berries (including common sweet berries as well as grapes and tomatoes). In an arillate fruit, the aril is a fleshy outgrowth of the seed’s own outer covering.
Old tree produce better Quality of Durian.
The durian is believed to be native to Borneo and Sumatra. It is found wild or semi-wild in South Tenasserim, Lower Burma, and around villages in peninsular Malaya, and is commonly cultivated along roads or in orchards from southeastern India and Ceylon to New Guinea. Thailand and South Vietnam are important producers of durians.
Durian Flowers
The durian tree is evergreen that grow about 27-40 m in height and has alternate leaves. The durian flower is strongly fragrant. The flower has 3 petals with 5-lobed, bell-shaped calyx, 2 to 3 inches long and are borne in stalked clusters of 3 to 30 directly from the old, thick branches or trunk. These flower clusters hang from the main and smaller branches, or directly from the trunk of the tree. They are many varieties of durians.
Durian Blossoms
There are over 300 named varieties of durian in Thailand. Only a few of these are in commercial cultivation. In Malaysia, 100 types are graded for size and quality. In peninsular Malaya, there are 44 clones with small differences in time and extent of flowering, floral and fruit morphology, productivity and edible quality. In Ceylon, the durian generally blooms in March and April and the fruits mature in July and August, but these periods may shift considerably, with the weather. Malaya has two fruiting seasons: early, in March and April; late, in September and October.
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December 13th, 2007 at 5:55 am
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