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What Is Durian Fruit
In Malaysia this football size fruit shape round to elongate and colour
green to greenish bronze and its flesh pale yellow to red, depending on
the species with sharp spines as the “King of Fruits”. Durian
scientific name is Durio zibethinus Murr belongs to the Bombaceae
family and is native from sumatera,Indonesia. It’s grown in Thailand,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippine and Vietnam.
The name Durian is resulting from the Malay word “duri” which mean
thorn, due to its thick, harsh and thorny husk. The strong, delicious
smell and juicy flesh of the durian which no other fruit can be
camparable. Texture of good durian flesh should be felt dry on your
finger tip when lightly touch/ press on the most outer layer of the
flesh, with soft and creamy texture as a whole. Must try it while you
are visiting to Malaysia. The Durian contains 4 to 6 locales, with 1 to
4 seeds each in custard-like aril which is whitish-cream yellow ,yellow
orange in colour with taste sweet or bitter or spirit depend to Durian
species .
Varieties of Durian Tree
Some famous species is:Red prawn (
Campaign with severe years of Durian Competition), XO, D24, D99, D123,
D145, D158, D159 and D169. Durian is a seasonal fruit productivity from
April until July in northern such as Balik Pulau,Penang while in
southern such as Johor,the productivite is June until September.
How the Durian Tree Look?
In Malaysia, it grew huge in Penang especially at Balik Pulau, ,Perak,
Kedah, Kelantan,Terrengganu, Johore and Pahang. The durian tree produce
fruits after 4 to 5 years planted. It can grows up to 50 meters high
with rectangle 10 to 20 centimeters long evergreen leaves .The durian
tree can live for centuries if not damaged by lightning, soil nutrient
lost and disease. The fruit take 3 months to ripen after flower
pollination with 30 to 40 centimeters long and weight from 1kg to 12
kilograms.
Eating
the Durian Fruit
How to harvest the durian fruit ? The answer is waiting the ripen
durian fruit falls itself to ground. This is the best time to eat a
delicious and tasteful as it is fresh enough with its origin favor. The
durian fruit looses its favors and quality after 4 days. The chosen of
taste good durian is look for fresh, big and solid stem with the fruit
is shaken, there is a sound of seeds moving inside the fruit indicating
ripeness. Some Malaysian eat with Pulut Durian (rice steamed with
coconut milk and served with ripened durian). Below is the durian
buffet held at Anjung Balik Pulau June 2011.
Durian
Fruit Product/Recipes
Besides eaten fresh fruit. Durian fruit is used to flavor variety of
food such as durian flavor cake,
Durian
flavor candy,
Durian dodol, tempoyak,
ice kacang
and ice cream.
Why Durian fruit Benefits to
Body ?
Besides eaten fresh. Localism applied the boiling durian leave water to
fever patient for lower down the heat. Besides, the durian fruit rind
use to pulverize to powder and position at stomach to improve the
constipate. Eating durian is good for health with below good nature
nutrition:
Nutritional value per 100 gm
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Energy |
153 kcal |
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carbohydrate |
27 g |
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calcium |
40mg |
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Iron |
1.9 mg |
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Vitamin A (Carotene) |
150 mg |
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Vitamin B1 |
0.1 mg |
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Vitamin B2 |
0.13 mg |
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Vitamin C |
23.3 mg |
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Fat |
3.4 g |
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Protein |
2.7 g |
Related link:
Durian Flavor Cake,
Health Benefits of
Durian
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