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Durians are an agricultural product affected by many plant pathogens and pests. Most of the information here concerns Durio zibethinus , the major commercial species, but a dozen species in the genus Durio are edible durians, and several of those are also grown commercially and these diseases can concern them as well.
The name "durian" is derived from the Malay word duri (thorn), a reference to the numerous prickly thorns on the fruit's rind, combined with the noun-building suffix -an. [5] [6] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was first used in English in 1588, in a translation of Juan González de Mendoza's Historie of the Great and Mightie Kingdome of China. [5]
There are 2 bulbous or chestnut-shaped seeds per section, each completely enveloped by fleshy aril. [2] [14] [29] These glossy brown seeds are 2 cm × 4 cm (0.79 in × 1.57 in). [8] [14] [31] The pungent aril is the part consumed as food, [2] though some sources note the odor is sometimes very mild.
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Durio zibethinus is the most common tree species in the genus Durio that are known as durian and have edible fruit also known as durian.. As with most other durian species, the edible flesh emits a distinctive odour that is strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact.
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