Climbing up durian trees and tapping each fruit to check for ripeness pays VND50-100 million ($1,960-3,920) a month, but the job is not for everyone.

From dawn to midnight, Huang Qijun nurtures and tends to 10,056 durian trees, every day. By late March, the mild weather in China’s southernmost province of Hainan – with occasional overcast ...

Not surprisingly for so valued a fruit, all parts of the durian tree are used in folk medicine. The flesh itself is regarded as an aphrodisiac. Today, even with websites devoted to durians and ...

The company later adopted an approach to grow different heights of companion plants: banana trees with large leaves shield durian seedlings from the harsh midday sun, while taller Areca palms act ...

where authorities have recently felled over 1,000 durian trees amid disputes over alleged illegal plantations. The image, which depicted durian trees surrounded by dense forest with a caption ...

PUTRAJAYA: One hundred and thirty-one Musang King durian farmers from Raub, Pahang have failed in their attempt to gain access to their durian orchards to maintain and cultivate the durian trees ...

The company later adopted an approach to grow different heights of companion plants: banana trees with large leaves shield durian seedlings from the harsh midday sun, while taller Areca palms act ...