Durio ceylanicus Gardner

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Durio

Characteristics

The fruit is large and prickly. It is inedible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 27.5 - 35.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 1.3
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forests in moist regions, at elevations up to 1,500 metres. A canopy tree in medium elevation wet evergreen forests at elevations, between 600-1,400 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses food material medicinal timber wood
Edible flowers fruits leaves seeds shoots
Therapeutic use Alcoholic intoxication (fruit), Postnatal care (fruit), General tonic for rejuvenation (fruit), Skin diseases (fruit), Fever (leaf), Fever (root), Jaundice (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Dermatosis (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 22 - 40
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Durio ceylanicus world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:559513-1
WFO ID wfo-0000658062
COL ID 6DQJT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cullenia zeylanica Durio ceylanicus Durio zibethinus Cullenia excelsa