Durio zibethinus var. roseiflorus Corner

Taxonomy

Species:: Durio zibethinus var. roseiflorus Corner
Genus:: Durio
Family:: Bombacaceae

Synonym(s)

Common Names

Properties

Botanic

A medium-sized to large tree up to 50 m tall, with bole up to 90 cm in diameter having steep, short buttresses, bark surface minutely reticulately fissured, flaking into irregular scales, purplish-brown. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 8-18 cm x 3-7 cm, densely to sparsely scaly below. Flowers in many-flowered axillary cymes, petals up to 30 mm long, bright red, stamens in 5 bundles, opening by a slit. Fruit globose, ovoid or ellipsoid, up to 25 cm long, outside green or yellowish with slender spines. Aril dark yellow. D. lowianus is closely related to D. dulcis but differs in the fruit colour.

Biology

D. lowianus flower only at long intervals, like members of the Dipterocarpaceae.

Habitat

It occurs in rain forest

Cultivation and Marketing

Propagation

Seed usually germinates rapidly, within a few days to a few weeks. The germination rates for fresh seed is 100% in 12-21 days for D. lowianus.

Pest

D. lowianus have showed resistance to patch canker disease. Nothing is known about diseases and pests of Durio trees planted for timber.

Uses and Function

Food: The fleshy aril around the seeds is edible. Timber: The wood is reputed to be used as durian.

Variable

Wood Density

3 rows


0.56		0.73	0.6450	15	Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Soerjanegara, I. and Wong, W.C. (Editors), 1995. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2). Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 655 pp.
	0.57		0.5700		Desch, H.E. 1996. Timber: structure, properties, conversion and use. 7th Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.	South-East Asia (tropical)
	0.58		0.5800		Desch, H.E. 1996. Timber: structure, properties, conversion and use. 7th Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.	South-East Asia (tropical)

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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)

N: 3
Mean: 0.5983
Median: 0.5800
Mode: -
Stdv: 0.0407
Variance: 0.0017
Range: [0.57, 0.645]

Cumulative Distribution Plot

If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
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