Durio kutejensis (PROSEA)
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Durio kutejensis (Hassk.) Becc.
- Family: Bombacaceae
Synonyms
Lahia kutejensis Hassk.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia, Malaysia (Borneo): lai, ruas, sekawi (Dyak), durian tinggang, durian kuning (Malay).
Distribution
Borneo, often cultivated elsewhere in Malesia as well.
Uses
The aril around the seeds is edible.
Observations
Tree, up to 24 m tall and trunk 40 cm in diameter. Fruit an ovoid to ellipsoid, pentangular capsule, up to 20 cm × 12 cm, dirty yellow, covered with slightly curved soft spines 1-1.5 cm long. Seeds ellipsoid, up to 4 cm long, glossy brown, completely enclosed by a fleshy, yellow, sweet-smelling aril. Cultivated trees start fruiting when 4-5 m tall. The aril comes nearest to the one of the real durian. The original habitat of the wild plants is the foothills of Borneo's central ranges.
Selected sources
40, 79.
