Durio zibethinus L.

Durian (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Durio

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 30m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 30.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 1.3
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dense lowland humid forests.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food 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 -

Images

Leaf

Durio zibethinus leaf picture by Yunita Apriyanti (cc-by-sa)
Durio zibethinus leaf picture by pratiwir pratiwir (cc-by-sa)
Durio zibethinus leaf picture by Sepulchre Frédéric (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Durio zibethinus fruit picture by Franck Prejger (cc-by-sa)
Durio zibethinus fruit picture by Blue Bottle (cc-by-sa)
Durio zibethinus fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Durio zibethinus world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam, China, Cook Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Honduras, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mexico, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:559531-1
WFO ID wfo-0000658098
COL ID 383W8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447008
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Durio acuminatissimus Durio stercoraceus Durio zibethinus