Durian is a tropical plant that originated from Southeast Asia, as well as the name of the fruit can be eaten. The name is taken from the skin of fruit typical of the hard and sharp grooved so as to resemble thorns. Variant names are also popular is the durian. Sundanese people call kadu.
Indeed, plants with this name is not a single species but a group of plants of the genus (genus) Durio. But generally, what is meant by ordinary durian (without any additive) is the scientific name Durio zibethinus. While other types of durian can be eaten and are sometimes found in the local market in Southeast Asia among the D. kutejensis (lai), D. oxleyanus (kerantungan), D. graveolens (durian kura-kura or kekura), and D. dulcis (lahung). Furthermore, the description below durian Durio zibethinus referring to.
Many people consider the durian fruit is delicious. People often call it the "king of fruits".
The annual tree, evergreen (leaf shedding depending on the season) but there are certain times to regenerate new leaves (flushing period). Growing up can reach a height of 40 m, often has a buttress root circumference durian tree (the root of the board). Pepagan (bark) is reddish brown, irregularly peeling. Tajuknya shady and tenuous.
Ellipse-shaped leaves up to Lancet, 10-15 (-17) cm × 3-4,5 (-12.5) cm; located alternate; stemmed; stems pointed or blunt and sharp tipped ramp; side of the green light, the lower side covered with silvery scales or feathers with golden stars.Flowers (also men) came directly from the trunk (cauliflorous) or older branches, clustered in a bouquet of flower-shaped skein contains 3-10 or flat panicles. Flower buds rounded, about 2 cm in diameter, long-stemmed. Petal tube shape along lk. 3 cm, an additional sheath of leaf lobes split into 2-3 round eggs. The crown forms a spatula, about 2 × length of petals, number 5 strands, whitish. Benangsarinya lots, divided into 5 files; head putiknya hump shape, with a hairy stem.
Flowers appear from dormant buds, blooms in the afternoon and lasted until a few days. This spread the aroma of fragrant flowers to attract bats as primary pollinators.
Durian fruit in the form of capsules are round, ovate to oval, with a length up to 25 cm and a diameter of up to 20 cm.kulit his thick, sharply angled surface ("thorn", so called "durian", although this was not a thorn in the botanical sense) , yellowish-green, brown, to grayish.
Fruit develops after fertilization and requires 4-6 months for cooking. At the time there is competition antarbuah cooking in one group, so that only one or a few pieces that will reach maturity, and the rest fall. The fruit will fall itself when ripe. In general the weight of durian fruit may reach 1.5 to 5 pounds, so the durian plantation into a dangerous area during the durian season. If someone falls on the head, the durian can cause serious injury or even death.
Each fruit has a 5 "rooms" (rooms), which indicates the number of leaf pieces owned. Each room occupied by a few seeds, usually 3 points or more, tapering to 4 cm in length, and brownish pink gloss. Beans wrapped by arilus (coated seeds, which are often referred to as "flesh fruit" durian) are white to light yellow with varying thickness, but at this arilus thickness superior cultivars can reach 3 cm. With the coated seeds in the seed trade is called pongge. Breeding durian is directed to produce small seeds with a thick-coated seeds, because this is part of the coated seeds eaten.