{"id":221299,"date":"2023-12-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=221299"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:41:30","slug":"durian-frukternas-konung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2023\/12\/durian-frukternas-konung\/","title":{"rendered":"Durian, the king of fruits - Auntie Anna's fruit session"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest writer: Anna Nilsson Spets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No, you won't find a durian in the fruit counter of your nearest grocery store, maybe in an Asian goods store, perhaps. However, anyone travelling in Asia will definitely see it and smell it... or smell it....<\/p>

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Durian is the fruit that makes most people recoil from the smell, but one consolation is that it tastes much better. Stinkfruit is another common name, you can perhaps describe the smell as something between sour and rotten. Sour herring smells worse. In many places, hotels and public transport it is not allowed to bring durian, so it doesn't exactly smell like raspberries! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tree can grow up to 50 metres high, depending on the species, the flowers are yellowish-white, have a strong scent and are pollinated by bats, some birds and flying dogs. It takes around 3 months from flowering to harvest. <\/p>

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