Botanical Characteristics Durian Durian is a giant tropical evergreen tree in the mallow family, Paphiopedilaceae. It is also known as fruitcake and whistle. There are 60 to 80 varieties currently grown, of which the three most famous are: Iluang, Jolantong, Chun Fuji, Jinjin, Chani, Gambon, Ina, and so on. Durian comes from Brunei and some believe it originated in the Philippines. Today, it grows all over Southeast Asia, mainly in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Durian look

Durian is an evergreen tree, 25m high, with scales at the tip of young branches, ovoid capsule, yellowish or yellowish-green, aril white or yellowish-white.

Durian leaf morphology characteristics

:Durian's stipules are 1.5-2cm long, leaves are oblong, sometimes obovate-oblong, short or acute, rounded or obtuse at the base, glossy on both surfaces, smooth at the top, with attached scales on the back. Lateral veins 10-12 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, petiole 1.5-2.8 cm long.

Describing Durian Sentences

The durian is spherical, covered with barbed thorns, and as big as a small washbasin. Its shell is earthy yellow, hard and thick, and covered with hard spines, like a small hedgehog. The durian has long, round leaves with pointed tips, cymes that are yellowish in color, the size of a soccer, a hard skin, dense triangular spines, and a pulp consisting of an aril, which is yellowish, sticky and juicy.

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