Tan Chee Keat looks up at an award-winning 29-year-old Musang King durian tree on his farm owned by his father, Tan Eow Chong. (Suzanne Lee / For The Times) A freshly-dropped durian.

BANGKOK－A young man climbed barefoot on a meters-tall tree, slashed the stalk with a knife to pick durian, and then threw the fruit at Silaphon Thongrot, owner of the Miiw's durian orchard in ...

Leaf shape can vary considerably. The most common shapes include oval, truncate, elliptical, lanceolate, and linear. Leaf tips and bases may also be unique, with names based on their shapes.

A young couple got hooked on durians after one life-changing bite in 2009. And after two years of tracking the stinky sweet fruit through Southeast Asia, they've become experts on durian tourism.

Meet the Durian: A Tropical Fruit You'll Love or Hate. Despite being banned in some hotels and subways, lovers of this unusual fruit go to great lengths for a taste.

PENANG: At a durian farm in Sungai Baong on mainland Penang stands a towering 40-year-old tree that bears the much sought-after Black Thorn. The fruits have just been crowned the “King of Kings ...

TRAT – A 35-year old durian tree in Muang district has yielded 221 fruit with a combined weight of 599 kilogrammes this year, but still well behind the record 900kgs the tree produced last year.

A durian on a woman’s lap in the Singapore bus is a time bomb waiting to go off. Fellow passengers look upon the rider with both envy and fear. If the bus jolts and the thing flies into the air ...

Among durian fans, there is chatter that even Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan is associated with the fruit. Or, to be more precise, his Taiwanese wife Joan Lin Feng-jiao, who was once a popular ...