Durio grandiflorus
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''Durio grandiflorus'', commonly known as durian munjit, is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the island of
Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...
. It is a medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall. It is one of the edible species in the genus ''
Durio The durian (, ) is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus ''Durio''. There are 30 recognised ''Durio'' species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. ''Durio zibethinus'', native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the onl ...
'', which produces the popular fruit known as durian. The fruit of this species has yellow flesh.


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grandiflorus Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Fruits originating in Asia Vulnerable flora of Asia {{Malvaceae-stub