Durio grandiflorus (PROSEA)
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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
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