Tropical and subtropical fruits (2+1)

Introduction

DURIAN

• Botanical name : Durio zibethinus
• Family : Bombaceae
• Chromosome no :2n = 56.
Preamble

• The durian is an important fruit in several parts of the tropics and the famous fruit of the far east, which is widely cultivated throughout Malaysia. The term durio is Malaysian word duri-thom and zibethinus is the Italian word Zibetho means strong smelling. Thus, this is a fruit characterized by a greenish, hard theory, thick rind outside and a yellowish sweet flesh with strong odour. The fruits are nothing but with seeds covered with cotton like fibre.