When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of national fruits - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_fruits

    The name "durian" literally means "the thorns" in Indonesian. It is also known as the 'King of Fruits'. Indonesia has two fruiting seasons because durian is grown in various localities. The main harvest is from October to February, but another region produces the crop around June to September. Iran: Pomegranate: Punica granatum [citation needed ...

  3. Durian - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

    The name 'durian' is derived from the Malay word duri ('thorn'), a reference to the numerous prickly thorns on its rind, combined with the noun-building suffix -an. [5] [6] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the alternate spelling durion was first used in a 1588 translation of The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof by the Spanish explorer Juan ...

  4. Durio - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durio

    The name "durian" is derived from the Indo-Malay word "duri" which refers to the fruit's many protuberances. Often considered the king of fruits, [10] durian is distinguished by its large size, arresting odor, and fearsome thorny husk. The fruit can grow up to 30 centimeters long and 15 centimeters in diameter, and typically weighs one to three ...

  5. Portal:Asia/Featured article/3 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Asia/Featured_article/3

    The durian is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio and the Malvaceae family. Widely known and revered in southeast Asia as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk. The fruit can grow as large as 30 centimetres (12 in) long and 15 centimetres (6 ...

  6. Sam Zemurray - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Zemurray

    United Fruit suffered financially because of mismanagement and the Great Depression, so much so that its stock declined in value by 90% after it acquired Cuyamel. [7] This encouraged Zemurray to return to the banana business by buying a controlling share of United Fruit and voting out the board of directors.

  7. Mount Huaguo - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Huaguo

    Model of the Monkey King's homeland on Mount Huaguo, at Mount Huaguo (Jiangsu).. Mount Huaguo (traditional Chinese: 花 果 山; pinyin: Huāguǒ Shān; Wade–Giles: Hua 1 kuo 3 Shan 1; Japanese: Kakazan; Vietnamese: Hoa Quả Sơn) or Flowers and Fruit Mountain, is a major area featured in the novel Journey to the West (16th century).

  8. Umkhosi Wokweshwama - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umkhosi_Wokweshwama

    The dashing of a calabash by the Zulu King signifies that the people may now enjoy the fruits of the harvest. Umkhosi Wokweshwama [um̩kʰoːsi woɠʷeʃʷaːma] (" first fruits festival"), recently also known as Umkhosi Woselwa [um̩kʰoːsi woseːlʷa] (" calabash festival"), is the annual harvest festival of the Zulu people , observed around ...

  9. Alphonso mango - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_mango

    The fruits generally weigh between 150 and 300 grams (5.3 and 10.6 oz), have a rich, creamy, tender texture and delicate, non-fibrous, juicy pulp. [10] As the fruit matures, the skin of an Alphonso mango turns golden-yellow with a tinge of red across the top of the fruit.