Cultivars

Different cultivars of durian often have distinct colours. D101 (right) has rich yellow flesh, clearly distinguishable from another variety (left). Over the centuries, numerous duriancultivars, propagated by vegetativeclones, have arisen in southeast Asia. They used to be grown with mixed results from seeds of trees bearing superior quality fruit, but now are propagated bylayering,marcotting, or more commonly, bygrafting, including bud, veneer, wedge, whip or Ugrafting onto seedlings of randomly selectedrootstocks. Different cultivars may be distinguished to some extent by variations in the fruit shape, such as the shape of the spines