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The forested terrains
of Pahang is very conducive to the growth of a wide
range of edible fruit-bearing trees. Many are
endemic species while some have been transplanted
from elsewhere by the British colonial
administrators as well as ancient merchants who
barter foreign exotic fruits whose seeds find the
soil in Pahang ideal for propagation.
This fertile land
nurtures at least 370 species of native fruits
including the thorny-skinned durian (the King of
Fruits), the hairy rambutan, langsat, duku,
rambai,salak and many more.
Many of the fruits are now cultivated in orchards
while some not so common ones are still harvested in
their natural habitat – the forests. The durian,
rambutan, mangosteen, duku and langsat are the most
popular native fruits, while the cempedak, nangka
(jackfruit) and salak take second place.
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Starfruit
(averrhoa carambola)
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Papaya
Exotica
(carica papaya)
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Cempedak
(artocarpus cempedan)
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Langsat,
Dokong & Duku
(lansium domesticum)
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Mango
(mangifera indica)
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Ciku
(manikara zapota)
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Durian
(durio zibethinus)
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Guava
(psidium guajava)
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Mangosteen
(garcinia mangostana)
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Nangka
(artocarpus heterophyllus)
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Pineapple
(ananas comosus)
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Rambutan
(nephelium lappaceum)
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Watermelon
(citrullus vulgaris)
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