'Durian' Cempedak

[EvilFruit]

Bangkok when I hit the numbered lakoocha pic it just comes up with the post image box. Lakoochas aren't bad and a bit like apricot in some.
Chempadak are like a sloppy jack with a more creamy/banana-y quality in some.They vary so much that you can only generalise about the fruit of the species.

I replaced that pic and now it works on my computer. But here is the original link: 

http://www.cropsforthefuture.org/tag/artocarpus-lakoocha/

I will try chempedak somewhere outside thailand, i think i will like them.  I have no idea why the Thai only sell jackfruits but they are great.

There are chempadeks in southern Thailand, close to border with Malaysia.

Yes but that area is like a warzone, it is not safe there so i won't go to the very south of thailand.

 

http://youtu.be/1NhqW4zZ5QA

[dfurtek]

Here is the finest "Durian" Cempedak I have seen in my almost 17 years in Malaysia. And I got it in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, just a few weeks ago. Most fruit like this are only partially filled. This one was packed with large, intensely flavored, and sweet arils.
 (I hope this image uploads.)




mod edit: uploaded it for you

[dfurtek]

Let me try again.

[nch]

Dfurtek, that looks so good. Thanks for sharing the pic.

[Ethan]

Wow Dfurtek, that is a nice looking fruit!

[dfurtek]

That Durian Cempedak looks almost like a small jackfruit, but the texture and flavor are distinctly cempedak. I believe Durian Cempedak are hybrids between jackfruit (Artocarpus  heterophyllus and cempedak (A. integer). DNA marker analyses can tell for sure. Here is the exact location of the fruit stand where I purchased the fruit: <5.962760 116.063850> 

[DurianLover]

My understanding durian chempedak is a very small fruit and purely chempedak DNA. This definitely looks like a cross with jack.

[Mike T]

While some chempadak seem far removed from jackfruit like the leopard skin above, other pure chempadak look more like jacks.





The twisted chempadak has huge yellow bulbs and looks a bit more like jack and gets big.It is similar top the pictured one.I reckon the one in the photo is a pure chempadak and not a cross.

[fruitlovers]

I would also guess that the fruit in the photo is pure chempadek. There is a whole lot of diversity in this species, so they come in all shapes and sizes.

[dfurtek]

The twisted cempedak ("c" is pronounced as "ch" in Malaysia) is what I have always associated with durian cempedak. I thought - without really knowing - that the many aborted seeds and large size of the "biji" (arils) were because durian cempedak are jackfruit/cempedak hybrids. Anyway, I agree with the "whole lot of diversity".

[Mike T]

Chempadaks are plagues by a strange sudden death syndrome of seedlings while still small. Once about 12 inches they are past that vulnerable stage but are still sensitive to overwatering and root disturbance. Many people trying to grow them experience this die off for unknown reasons.

[durianwriter]

I've found some durian cempedak here in Australia - does anyone know it's story? Where is it originally from? And do they call it "durian" for any reason other than it has a lot of raised bumps that sorta imitate thorns?

[AnnonAddict]

I've found some durian cempedak here in Australia - does anyone know it's story? Where is it originally from? And do they call it "durian" for any reason other than it has a lot of raised bumps that sorta imitate thorns?

That's a beautiful fruit!

It looks almost like it's made out of plaster or clay.

[GEMS]

Hi dear Members,

Looking for best quality chempadak scions from a nearby country to Sri Lanka