I've become a big cempedak fan

[Guoyang Gao]

    Yesterday I received the cempedak I bought from an online store several days before. I fell in love with its durian-candy like fragrance immediately，which is denser and sweeter than both ordinary durian and jackfruit.
    Unfortunately, this fragrant,spiny fruit turned out to be rotten and inedible when I opened it. However, I still took a bite of a segment from the bottom of the fruit. In fact, it tasted good, as a cotton candy with much more sweetness than tartness. Whatever, it would be my top 5 favorite fruit.
    Now I can't wait to arrange a journey to East Malaysia to look for the true taste of cempedak and other rare jackfruit-related fruits in Borneo jungle.   
     

[sunny]

You can try to grow the seeds...

[Guoyang Gao]

You can try to grow the seeds...

It likely needs very tropical conditions for survival.

[sahai1]

not a fan currently... but your Cempedek may be a cross, wonder how it is ripe with green skin..  in Malaysia many different varieties, some are cross bred with Jackfruit

[Ulfr]

I have a cemp here in the ground in its second year outside. It may never fruit but it has survived in about the equivalent of 10a or b

[Guoyang Gao]

I have a cemp here in the ground in its second year outside. It may never fruit but it has survived in about the equivalent of 10a or b

Thank you for your information. In my opinion, it could also be planted as an amazing ornamental.

[Guoyang Gao]

not a fan currently... but your Cempedek may be a cross, wonder how it is ripe with green skin..  in Malaysia many different varieties, some are cross bred with Jackfruit

I don't know much about cempedak varieties, but some varieties with red or white flesh do look so attractive. I wanna try them all. ToT

[sahai1]

Cempedek in my area look like in the photo, have a whole town nearby dedicated to growing this variety we call "Janpa" or "Jampada" depending on dialect.



It is not eaten fresh, The whole fruit with seed in is deep fried with flour and egg batter.  It is delicious!  Although they say high in cholesterol.. from seed or oil?  don't know 

Maybe I will drive to that town soon and buy a few of different ripeness and see if I can learn to like fresh Cempedek.