WorldFloraDB - Durio kutejensis

Characteristics

A tree. It grows up to 24 m high. The trunk is 40 cm across. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are silvery on the lower surface. The flowers are 7 cm across. They are pink to red. The fruit are oval and orange-yellow. They are 20 cm long by 12 cm wide. The fruit are covered with slightly curved soft spines 1-1.5 cm long. The seed are narrowly oval and 4 cm long. They are a shiny brown. The fleshy yellow seed coat or aril is edible.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter)	0.4
Mature height (meter)	24.5
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Mixed dipterocarp forest in the foothills of the mountains. Occurs locally on fertile clay-rich soils on undulating land in mixed dipterocarp forest.

More

A tropical plant. It grows in the foothills of Kalimantan. It grows up to 800 m above sea level. In Cairns Botanical Garden.

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Usage

The ripe fruit is eaten raw. They are sweet.

Uses	food wood
Edible	fruits seeds
Therapeutic use	Antioxidants (fruit), Diet, food, and nutrition (fruit)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Mode	seedlings
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