Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind.
1The fruit of the durion proved not only pleasant eating, but exceedingly nutritious.
2So stood the little party under the tall durion-tree, regarding the ascent of Saloo.
3The large durion-tree under which they had first encamped was well furnished with fruit.
4Among them the durion is the most esteemed by the natives, and the mangosteen by Europeans.
5There were many more nuts on the durion-tree.
6It is true the durion stood near, and its fruit would for a time keep them from starving.
7The durion is however sometimes dangerous.
8Having selected three or four of these, he chopped them down, and dragged them up to the durion.
9The durion grows to the size of a man's head, and is covered closely with hard, sharp spines.
10The jak trees (artocarpus incisa), near of kin to the bread-fruit, and the durion, flourish round all the dwellings.
11For all this, they were no little surprised and somewhat incredulous when he declared his intention of climbing the great durion-tree.
12As we have said, Saloo did not think any more of ascending the durion-tree, nor they of asking him to do so.
13The durion is a forest tree of the loftiest order, bearing resemblance to the elm, only with a smooth bark, which is also scaly.
14In fact, to eat durions is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience.
15There are in the forest two varieties of wild durions with much smaller fruits, one of them orange-coloured inside.
16Some powder and ball to hunt with, and leave old Mr. Durion with us to get us a trader