''Durio macrantha'' is a species of

durian 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 o ...

. The species was first found in

Gunung Leuser National Park Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 km2 in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of North Sumatra and Aceh provinces, a fourth portion and three-fourths portion, respectively. The national park, settle ...

in Northern Sumatra in 1981. A specimen was then grown in the garden of botanist

André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans Dr. André Joseph Guillaume Henri 'Dok' Kostermans (Purworejo, 1 July 1906 – Jakarta, 10 July 1994) was an Native Indonesians, Indonesian botanist of Dutch people, Dutch ancestry. He was born in Purworejo, Java (island), Java, Dutch East Indies, ...

, who described it as a separate species based on his cultivated specimen. Despite several expeditions, additional specimens have not been found in the wild. The species has since been cultivated in Australia. It was formally described in 1992. It is distinguished from other durian species by its large flowers. The tree itself is of smaller stature than other species, standing about 10 meters tall.

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