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Spiky durian rinds are good for
making many small holes in a raised bed for planting seeds!
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The rinds
can be dried and burned as fuel; food hung in the smoke gains a
distinctive flavor. Silk is sometimes bleached with the resulting
ash in Southeast Asia. The ash is also reportedly beneficially ingested
by women following childbirth. |
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Medicinally, in Southeast Asia, parasitic
worms are said to be expelled by eating durian; fevers are said to be
reduced by drinking a tea of the leaves and roots, or applying durian
leaf juice to the head; swellings and skin diseases are said to be
aided in healing by applying a tea of the leaves and fruits. |
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Durian tree wood is soft, coarse, and not durable
or resistant to termites, and is white in the sapwood and light
red-brown in the heartwood. It is used to a limited extent in
Southeast Asia (it’s more valuable functioning in live trees making
fruits!) — Malaysians use it to make boat masts and in hut
construction. |
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| The "MRT" is Singapore's Metropolitan Rapid Transit train system, where durians are banned, as in many enclosed public places in Southeast Asia, due to their all-pervading strong aroma which a few partypoopers don't like. :-( | |
