THE ROCKING FRUIT OF DURIAN!

THE MOST WANTED  INDONESIAN RED DURIAN

RARE RED DURIAN  ( DURIO GRAVIOLENS ) FROM EAST OF JAVA 

INDONESIAN WORD DURI MEANS THORN - DURIAN ˈ (READ ; DJƱRIƏN ) MEANS HAVE A THORNS. KNOWN BY MANY PEOPLE IN INDONESIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AS THE "KING OF FRUITS", THE DURIAN IS DISTINCTIVE FOR ITS LARGE SIZE, STRONG ODOUR, AND FORMIDABLE THORN.  THE FRUIT SHAPE RANGES A ROUND AS 30 CENTIMETRES (12 IN) LONG AND 15 CENTIMETRES (6 IN) IN DIAMETER, AND IT TYPICALLY WEIGHS ONE TO THREE KILOGRAMS (2 TO 7 LB)  , THE COLOUR OF ITS HUSK GREEN TO BROWN AND ITS FLESH COLOR IS CREAM, PALE YELLOW TO ORANGE , DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES.  EVERY FRUIT HAVE  FOUR UNTIL FIVE SHELLS SKIN FRUIT, EVERY SHELL CONTAIN TWO UNTIL FOUR SEEDS WITH THE SWEET CREAMY FLESH COVERED . ASIDE FROM INDONESIA DURIAN AS WE KNOWN CAME FROM SEVERAL SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES  WITH VARIOUS TREE SPECIES WHICH BELONGS TO THE GENUS DURIO AND THE FAMILY MALVACEAE (ALTHOUGH SOME TAXONOMISTS PLACE DURIO IN A DISTINCT FAMILY, DURIONACEAE ) .

GROWING SEEDS

THE TALL DURIAN TREES IN NATURAL HABITAT

DURIAN OR JACKFRUIT TREES ARE LARGE, GROWING TO 25–50 METRES (80–164 FT) IN HEIGHT DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES. THEIR GROWS OPTMALLY AT TROPIC REGION AN ALTITUDE 0F 50 – 600 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, 40 – 50 % DAYLIGHT INTENSITY WITH TEMPERATURE 0F 22 – 30 CELCIUS DEGREES, IDEAL RAINFALL 1500 -2500 MM/YEAR AND WITH PH 6 -7 SANDY FERTILE ORGANIC SOIL. LEAVES ARE EVERGREEN, ELLIPTIC APPROXIMATELY 10 –18 CENTIMETRES  LONG. THE FLOWERS ARE PRODUCED IN THREE TO THIRTY CLUSTERS TOGETHER ON LARGE BRANCHES AND DIRECTLY ON THE TRUNK WITH EACH FLOWER HAVING A CALYX  AND FOUR UNTIL SIX PETALS. THEY HAVE ONE OR TWO FLOWERING AND FRUITING PERIODS PER YEAR, ALTHOUGH THE TIMING VARIES DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES, CULTIVARS, AND LOCALITIES. A TYPICAL DURIAN TREE CAN BEAR FRUIT FROM FOUR UNTIL FIVE YEARS AND THE  FRUIT CAN HANG FROM ANY BRANCH AND RIPEN ROUGHLY THREE MONTHS AFTER POLLINATION.

RED DURIAN FLOWERS

SOME PEOPLE IN SOUTH ASIA REGION ESPECIALLY IN  INDONESIA  KNOWN DURIAN AS HAVING A PLEASANTLY NICE SPECIFIC SWEET FRAGRANCE ; BUT IN ANOTHER REGION THAT DOESNT FAMILIAR WITH DURIAN YET, CAN FIND THAT THE DURIAN AROMA IS OVERPOWERING AND BRING HEADACHE. EVEN IF THE DURIAN HAS A VERY STRONG SMELL AND MIGHT ANNOYED SOMEBODY, ACTUALLY  DURIAN  SMELL IS NOT AS BAD AS THE RUMOURS. HOWEVER, IF WE BRING THAT FRUIT IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES SUCH AS HOTEL OR MASS TRANSPORTATION THAT HAS NOT ENOUGH AIR VENTILATION, THE SMELL COULD BE BOTHERSOME

GOLDEN ORDINARY DURIANS

THE DURIAN, NATIVE TO INDONESIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, HAS BEEN KNOWN TO THE WESTERN WORLD FOR ABOUT 600 YEARS. THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH NATURALIST ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE FAMOUSLY DESCRIBED ITS FLESH AS "A RICH CUSTARD HIGHLY FLAVOURED WITH ALMONDS". THE FLESH CAN BE CONSUME AT VARIOUS STAGES OF RIPENESS, AND IT IS USED TO FLAVOUR A WIDE VARIETY OF SAVOURY AND SWEET EDIBLES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CUISINES. THE SEEDS CAN ALSO BE EATEN WHEN COOKED. THERE ARE 30 RECOGNISED DURIO SPECIES. AT LEAST NINE OF THESE SPECIES PRODUCE EDIBLE FRUIT. DURIO ZIBETHINUS  IS THE ONLY SPECIES AVAILABLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET: OTHER SPECIES ARE SOLD IN THEIR LOCAL REGIONS.

RED DURIANS  (  DURIO GRAVIOLENS ) WITH A GREENY SHELL

IN PRESENT TIME, THE POMOLOGICAL SCIENCE CAN GENERATE VARIOUS QUALITIES OF DURIAN, AND EVEN RECREATE THE TASTE, THE FLESH THICKNESS, WITH JUST THE ORDINARY CREAM COLORED DURIAN. BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY ANOTHER COLOR OF DURIAN OUT THERE, SUCH AS DURIAN EMAS OR AN ORANGE COLOR DURIAN  ( DURIO KUTENJESIS ) FROM KALIMANTAN  AND THE RECENTLY FAMOUS RED DURIAN (DURIO GRAVIOLENS) FROM EAST JAVA .

 BANYUWANGI REGION ALSO HAVE A UNIQUELY  JAVANESE AND BALINESE MIXED CULTURE

ALTHOUGH ANOTHER TYPE OF RED DURIAN  ALSO GROWS IN SMALL PART OF KALIMANTAN ISLAND,  RECENTLY WITH 0NE AND ANOTHER ASIAN MYTH REASONS LOCAL INDONESIAN PEOPLE AND FOREIGNERS START TO HUNT A RARE TYPE  OF  EAST JAVA'S RED DURIAN  BOTH FOR ITS FRUIT AND TO BREED THE TREE. ON 1997, THIS TYPE  FAMOUS FOR ITS EXTRAORDINARY UNIQUE  BEST QUALITY TASTE AND ITS PARTICULAR LOOK, HAVE BEEN FOUND JUST IN BANYUWANGI  DISTRICT REGION - EAST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA. THERE ARE ONLY 2 TREES FOUND AT THAT TIME, AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY 200 TREES STANDING. BEING A RARE BREED, IT’S OBVIOUS THAT WHEN THE CULTIVATION SEASON HAS COME, MANY LOCAL AND FOREIGNERS WILL COMPETE TO BID  THE FRUITS ON SITE DIRECTLY WITH FANTASTIC PRICES.

 DURIAN WITH VARIOUS COLORS

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