Durian in a sentence

Durian will be sourced from registered farms in major durian producing areas of Davao City, Davao del Sur and North Cotabato.

Dr Abdul Rahman (standing fourth left) and durian farmers point to durian trees in Kampung Bangkuati.

He added that the state government, through Syarikat Top Fruits (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd, had successfully exported, for the first time in Sarawak’s history, 16 tonnes of frozen durian paste to Guangdong, China, during the recent durian season in Kuching.

Malaysia’s durian plantations covered 72,000 hectares last year but the area under cultivation is growing, the department said, and in some areas plantations growing palm oil are switching to durian because it is seen as more lucrative.

Serian is of course known locally for its durian, with statues of the king of fruits placed strategically in the town.

And Vietnamese farmers are replacing their coffee crops with durian to cash in on this emerging market.

China's durian imports from Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines from 2021 to 2023.

I was relieved to be in the fresh air, though the smell of durian fruit will probably haunt me for the rest of my life!

The extreme weather has seen durian fruit burst on trees in Thailand, destroyed rice crops and caused eggs to shrink, according to local media.

At this time of year, the Durian season is upon us again, as we notice throngs of people gathering around fruit stands around town admiring the thorny green beauties piled up on a table or arranged neatly in boxes on the pavement.

Grown across tropical Southeast Asia, the durian is hailed by aficionados as the “king of fruits” due to its creamy, golden flesh and bittersweet flavour.

He usually tends to his farm during the flowering to fruiting stages of cacao and durian, from January to September.

The project is being supported by a large number of durian farmers.

Durian had also been diagnosed with lung cancer.

However, don’t be hopeful that you can use the excuse of eating durian when you next get stopped on suspicion of drunk driving because this would only make blood tests part of the mandatory screening process.

Nena Donato Timonera poses with her favorite fruit, durian, at the Ayala Orchard in Malaybalay City in late August 2019.

Quoirin’s family, which has lived in London for 20 years, arrived last Saturday for a two-week stay at the Dusun, a small resort located in a durian orchard next to a forest reserve 63 kilometres (39 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur.

While even a regular durian of good quality can cost you between $50 and $100, the staggering sum paid last weekend was about double the previous record price at the auction, organisers told the media.

A Malaysian vendor peels a durian for customers at a roadside shop in Karak, in the suburbs of Pahang outside Kuala Lumpur on July 14, 2015.

Entry to the museum costs 185kr (£16) and they also offer tastings of well-aged shark, fermented herring and Durian, an infamously stinky fruit from Thailand.