Edible Durio of Sarawak

There are 31 known species of Durio.   12 species have been identified to produce edible fruits.   7 out of 12 edible species can be found in various places of Sarawak.

No	Edible Species	Distribution
1	Durio dulcis	Borneo
2	Durio grandiflorus	Borneo
3	Durio graveolens	Borneo, Malaya, Palawan, Sumatra
4	Durio kinabaluensis	Crocker Range
5	Durio kutejensis	Borneo
6	Durio lowianus	Malaya, Sumatra
7	Durio macrantha	Sumatra
8	Durio mansoni	Indochina
9	Durio oxleyanus	Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
10	Durio testudinarius	Borneo
11	Durio wyatt-smithii	Terengganu
12	Durio zibethinus	Borneo, Sumatra

No	Other Species	Distribution
1	Durio acutifolius	Sabah, Kalimantan
2	Durio affinis	Kalimantan
3	Durio beccarianus	Borneo
4	Durio bukittrayaensis	borneo
5	Durio burmanicus	Borneo
6	Durio carinatus	Borneo, Malaya,  Sumatra
7	Durio  ceylanicus	Sri Langka
8	Durio crassipes	Tenom, Sipitang
98	Durio exceisus	Kalimantan
10	Durio griffithii	Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
11	Durio lanceolatus	Borneo, Sumatra
12	Durio lissocarpus	Borneo
13	Durio macrolepis	Malaya
14	Durio macrophyllus	Malaya
15	Durio malaccensis	Malaya, Sumatra
16	Durio oblongus	Sarawak
17	Durio penangianus	Perak, Penang
18	Durio purpureus	Kalimantan
19	Durio singaporensis	Malaya

Durian 榴槤

There are about 30 known species of Durio. So far 9 species have been identified to produce edible fruits : D. zibethinus, D. dulcis, D. grandiflorus, D. graveolens, D. kutenensis, D. lowianus, D. macrantha, D. oxleyanus, D. testudinarum.

However, there are many species for which the fruit has never been collected or properly described and it is possible that other species with edible fruit exist.

Durio oxleyanus

Husk green. Spine slender & long. Flesh is yellow.

Durio kutejunsis
Husk yellow. Spine short. Flesh yellow, sticky, less sweet.

Durio zibethinus

Husk yellowish to green. Spine short. Flesh is white to yellow, sweet.

The name durian comes from the Malay word duri ( literally means thorn ), with a suffix -an for building a noun in Malay.

zibethinus refers to the Indian civet, Viverra zibetha.

There is disagreement regarding whether this name, refers to civets being so fond of the durian that the fruit was used as bait to entrap them, or to the durian smelling like the civet.