Origin:
The name durian comes from the Malay word duri (which mean thorn). Add the suffix-an and you have a noun in Malay.
The word durian usually refers to the fruit but it can also mean the durian usually refers to the fruit but it can also mean the durian pulp or flesh (technically called arils) that we eat, and also to the tree. The durian fruit a thick fibrous huck, covered by sharp spines or thorns. The flesh or pulp is creamy, white, yellow or golden yellow which is strongly flavored and sharply aromatic.
Common Names:
Durian - English
Durian baum - German
Stink frucht - German
Duriao - Portuguese
Durian - Spanish
More Common Names Is:
- Cambodia : Thu-Reen
- Laos : Thourien, Mahk tulieng
- Thailand : Thurian , Rian
- Philippines : Dulian
- Indonesia : Duren, Ambetan, Kadu
- Myanmar : Du-yin
- Mandarin : liulian
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