Durio grandiflorus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Durio grandiflorus (Masters) Kosterm. & Soegeng

Family: Bombacaceae

Vernacular names

• Indonesia, Malaysia (Borneo): durian munjit (Malay), durian hantu hutan (Dusun Dajak), sukang (Sungei).

Distribution

Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan), occasionally also cultivated.

Uses

The aril around the seeds is edible.

Observations

• Tree, up to 20 m tall.
• Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, up to 20 cm × 15 cm, with stiff spines up to 2 cm long.
• Seeds brown, ellipsoidal, 3 cm long, each covered by yellow aril.

In rain forests of Borneo, up to 500 m altitude.

Selected sources

• Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1958. The genus Durio Adans. (Bombacaceae). Reinwardtia 4: 357-460.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen