Durio Zibethinus
A common tree in the Malayan Islands, where its fruit forms a great part of the food of the natives. It is said to have a most delicious flavor combined with a most offensive odor, but when once the r...
A common tree in the Malayan Islands, where its
fruit forms a great part of the food of the natives. It is said to
have a most delicious flavor combined with a most offensive odor,
but when once the repugnance of the peculiar odor is overcome it
becomes a general favorite. The unripe fruit is cooked and eaten,
and the seeds roasted and used like chestnuts.
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