#durio

[moshieee]

I wanted to take a break from making a reference for one of my friends (I never realize how many details I have until I try to write them out._.)

And sense I brought up the floffis before and how they all have names I think it might be nice to show off some of my favorites

(shhh don't tell them they're favored it will give them an ego/hj)

We've already met Razbur Tofu and Concord

But meet a few of my other favorites...

Wait a minute... what's this... color? On my blog???

Also woe to me who redesigned them and has to redraw the info page

[botaniqueer]

Carved up the durian! It’s been like two decades since I’ve had it in a form that’s not a shake or ice cream. It ended up being very expensive too. @_@ But I really wanted some Filipino food for myself.

The notorious sulfurous scent aside, I would describe it like eating banana-vanilla pudding with a little bit of caramel mixed in! I honestly get annoyed at all the articles by white people making a huge deal out of it (instead of saying the smell is hard for them and moving on) and they feel orientalizing and borderline racist. Because I grew up with it, the smell is actually comforting to me! My apartment now smells like an Asian supermarket’s produce section.

The rind wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be! Mostly it was just a pain to deal with the spines while trying to find all the locules.

And now for obligatory biology facts!! The durian is a mallow! Other members of the eclectic mallow family include okra, cacao, hibiscus, and cotton. (Completely by coincidence I brought home the first two as well today. It’s an “Oops! All Mallows! day) Its an extremely edible family and I personally don’t know of any toxic members currently. You can even eat hollyhocks! Though they don’t taste like anything and the leaves are a little fuzzy-textured.

[haveyouatethisfruit]

Lahung

(durio dulcis)

Also known as tutong or merangang

Found in Southeast Asia, specifically Malaysia and Indonesia, lahung is said to be the sweetest variety of durian, hence being named 'dulcis' which translates to 'sweet (of taste)' from Latin. It closely resembles dugyan (durio graveolens) but differs in colour of the fruits. The fruits of durio dulcis also don't open on or when they drop from the tree, whereas fruits of durio graveolens sometimes already open while still on the tree.

Though lahung has an offensive turpentine-like aroma, the dark yellow flesh has been described as tasting like caramel, pineapple cream or powdered sugar whipped into yogurt with a minty aftertaste. Durio dulcis is currently marked as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Have you eaten a lahung?

Yes

No, but I've heard of it

Haven't even heard of it

Voting ended onNov 25, 2024

🍍 Reblog to share a fun fruit and to increase sample size! Check out even more interesting fruits here or in the list of all polled fruits. 🍍

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Tupaloh

(durio arctifolius)

Not to be confused with monkey durian (durio excelsus)

Its botanical name roughly translating to 'pointy leaf durian', this durian species bears tiny fruits with a brightly coloured exterior and black seeds encased in glossy red flesh. While they definitely look fun and like a durian species you might snack on, there's only a small amount of flesh on the seed which is actually rather bland.

Have you eaten a tupaloh?

Yes

No, but I've heard of it

Haven't even heard of it

Voting ended onOct 14, 2024

🍍 Reblog to share a fun fruit and to increase sample size! Check out even more interesting fruits in the list of all polled fruits. 🍍

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Dugyan

(durio graveolens)

Also known as red fleshed durian, orange fleshed durian or yellow fleshed durian

A very pretty variety of durian with a particularly mild odor, sometimes even described as odorless, which is oddly contradictory given that graveolens translates to ''strong smelling.'' Its origin is still a bit of a mystery as there are other durian sold under the names 'red flesh' or 'red prawn' though those belong to the durio zibethinus species, which is the most common durian variety most people are familiar with. Dugyan tends to come in three colours, in terms of flesh, hence the common names, but it's still unclear whether these are differing species. There has been a lot of back-and-forth over the years, grouping the species together with others, reducing it to a synonym for existing species and then separating it again as a species of its own. You'd think with all that effort going into its classification, this fruit has to be something really special, but taste-wise it has been described as bland, even flavorless and compared to eating an avocado.

Have you eaten a dugyan?

Yes

No, but I've heard of it

Haven't even heard of it

Voting ended onSep 26, 2024

🍍 Reblog to share a fun fruit and to increase sample size! Check out even more interesting fruits in the list of all polled fruits. 🍍

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Durian

Not to be confused with cempedak (chempedak), breadfruit or jackfruit

Have you ate a durian?

Yes

No, but I've heard of it

Haven't even heard of it

Voting ended onOct 28, 2023

[earlcris2482-blog]

#durianfruit #durio #duriozibethinus Amino acid plays a key role in the formation of the characteristic durian odor. Persistent smell that us reminiscent of rotten onions. #reminiscent https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsDJAFhhXd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[celennis]

Rasanya manis dan eksotis, sayang dagingnya tipis, Durian Maharwin #durio #durian #borneo #kalsel https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jS_olJI4N/?igshid=yp9d6u9p5mw5