Durian: The King of Fruit
Malaysian Fruit: Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA), Malaysia	How to eat durian	Kahwin: A superior cultivated durian (Durio zibethinus). About US$2.00/kg in Sabah.	Kampung (village) (D. zibethinus ): the most common cultivated durian in Sabah - and least expensive. About US$1.50/kg.	Over-ripe D-123  (D. zibethinus)
Tembaga (copper)  (D. zibethinus)	Tembaga	Durian Sarawak (D. zibethinus)	Over-ripe Sarawak	Unknown tiny durian from Tuaran, Sabah
Tiny durian with thin aril	Sukang (D. oxleyanus): one of my favorite types	Sukang has 4 locules instead of the usual 5.	Red dalit (D. graveolens) Collected in the wild.  A delicacy!	Red dalit
Red dalit	Red dalit	Red and yellow dalit	Pink dalit	Yellow dalit
Yellow dalit	Probably suluk (D. zibethinus X  D. graveolens ) Another delicacy.	Yellow suluk and red dalit with pulp removed	From Miri, Sarawak Perhaps the same as suluk.	From Miri D. kutejensis Has very soft spines.
D. kutejensis (not quite ripe)	D. kutejensis on left, D. graveolens on right	Dalit (L) & tupulu (Tupulu looks like a hybrid between dalit and sukang. It has 5 locules, like dalit.)	Tupulu from Tuaran.	Tupulu
Unknown durian from Sabah	D-145 Just O.K.	Wild durian tree in Sabah jungle	> 100 feet  You can see a cluster of immature fruit	Grafted durian plants for sale in Kota Belud
Fruit stand in Sabah Dec 2001	Fruit Festival in Kota Kinabalu Jan 2002	Infested fruit	Me buying durian in Kota Kinabalu	Sarawak rind is thin
Durio graveolens from Papar	Durio oxleyanus from village on Tamparuli-Mt. Kinabalu highway	Durian in Ranau	Durio testudinarum (turtle durian) at Agricultural Park, Tenom	Durio grandiflorus at Agricultural Park, Tenom
Durio sabahensis at Agricultural Park, Tenom
Mr. Ooi’s Durian Farm and Store
Business card of Mr. Ooi Say Tuan, a durian farmer in Tamparuli and grocery store owner in Kota Kinabalu	Me, Mr. Ooi, and his son	Mr. Ooi’s durian farm (A few other fruit trees too.) The tree on the left is durian. Rambutan is on the right.	Durian tree on Mr. Ooi’s farm	D-24 on Mr. Ooi’s farm
Fruit are tied to cord so they do not drop to the ground	Durian leaves	Some of the durian varieties offered by Mr. Ooi	Durian for sale in Mr. Ooi’s store	Johor King Really delicious
From an old D-24 tree. Flavor improves with age.	From an old D-24 tree	The aril (pulp) from a young lipan tree. It is not as wrinkled and not as flavorful as those from older trees.	Lipan	Red Prawn is very popular in Penang, Malaysia
Red Prawn
Tribute to the King
Durian ceramics	Full-size ceramic	Small ceramic	Mak Duri:  "Thorn Auntie" Dashboard ornament	Orangutan eating durian
Pewter key chain	Plastic wall plaque	Durian refrigerator magnet 1	Durian refrigerator magnet 2	Durian refrigerator magnet 3
Durian refrigerator magnet 4	Durian refrigerator magnet 5	Durian refrigerator magnet 6	Durian refrigerator magnet 7	Durian refrigerator magnet 8
Durian refrigerator magnet 9	Durian refrigerator magnet 10 (Durian leaves do not look like this.)	Durian refrigerator magnet 11	Fruit tray	Ceramic coin bank
Plastic durian from Thailand
Durian Ambrosia and Nectar
Durian pies	Salty fried durian chips	Durian cake	Durian candy	Durian cendol desert: durian, shaved ice, sweet beans, and "green jelly"
Durian dodol candy (pretty good)	Durian candy	Durian ice cream (pretty good too)	Durian drink	From the Durian Shoppe in Kuala Lumpur
Can you spot the hidden treasure? From a Duncan Donuts shop at the Denpasar, Bali, airport	Durian-filled donut Really good	Durian mooncake	Durian mooncake	Durian snacks
Other  Durian Stuff
Malaysian Fruit Postcard 1	Malaysian Fruit Postcard 2	Malaysian Fruit Postcard 3	Malaysian Fruit Postcard 4 (The red fruit is rambutan.)	The Queen of Fruit - Mangosteen - is banned from this hotel too because the blue stains are difficult to remove.
Durian Street Kuta, Bali
A Few Durian Books
Durian cultivation book front	Durian cultivation book back	Durian disease book front	Durian disease book back
Quest for Durian with Shunyam Nirav, Creator of Durian Palace <www.durianpalace.com> 4 – 11 January 2003
Nirav gave a presentation to some Sabah Society members	Durian Street in Kuching, Sarawak	Downtown Kuching	Durian vendor in Kuching holding D. kutejensis	D. oxleyanus (sukang) in middle, D. zibethinus on sides, and D. kutejensis in basket
Four locules of Sukang apparent	Five locules of common durian apparent	D. kutejensis	D. kutejensis at Sarawak Department of Agriculture (SDOA)	D. kutejensis flower and fruit
D. kutejensis flower – pollinated by bats	Nirav next to D. graveolens tree	D. graveolens	D. kutejensis tree	Probably D. kutejensis leaves
D. oblongus at Sarawak Department of Forestry (SDOF) The bright red aril is thin and tasteless	D. testudinarum (turtle durian) at SDOF	Nirav next to turtle durian tree. Fruit are immature and near base of trunk	Our host at the Sarawak Department of Agriculture was Mr. Voon Boon Hoe
World's (?) Largest Fruit Tower: 12.7 m (41.7 feet) with many of Sabah's tropical fruit wonders July 2003