Endangered <i>Durio</i> spp. conservation and seed germination in Indonesia

Sudarmono, Sudarmono; Prameswari, Diana; Dodo, Dodo; Sumanto, Sumanto; Damayanti, Frisca; Handayani, Titik; Hartutiningsih, Hartutiningsih; Latifah, Dian; Hidayat, Syamsul; Sustiprijanto, Sustiprijanto; Widiastuti, Diana

doi:10.1080/21580103.2023.2177356

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“…At the same time, the framework I have presented aims to ensure that conservation strategies designed to care for durian resist bifurcating human culture and botanical nature. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), for instance, durian diversity is imperiled by the conversion of forests and customary farmland to rubber and oil palm plantations ( [7], p. 93). Yet, durian is also consumed by charismatic fauna such as Sumatran elephants, suggesting the close relationship between plants and animals within biodiversity conservation.…”

Section: Conclusion: Durian Care and Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All the while, new species, such as Durio gerikensis, which is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia, continue to be identified [6]. Some of these highly localized species have been cultivated sustainably by Indigenous Southeast Asian societies for centuries ( [7], p. 89). The conservation of the less cosmopolitan relatives of Durio, therefore, demands an examination of the interlinked environmental and cultural exigencies impacting durians in Borneo and other biodiverse places ( [1], p. 538).…”

Section: Introduction: Durian Devotion and Dissentionmentioning

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The Fruit of Contradiction: Reading Durian through a Cultural Phytosemiotic Lens

Ryan

2024

Philosophies

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Distinctive for its pungent and oftentimes rotten odor, the thorny fruit of durian (Durio spp.) is considered a delicacy throughout Asia. Despite its burgeoning global recognition, durian remains a fruit of contradiction—desirable to some yet repulsive to others. Although regarded commonly as immobile, mute, and insentient, plants such as durian communicate within their own bodies, between the same and different species, and between themselves and other life forms. As individuals and collectives, plants develop modes of language—or phytodialects—that are specific to certain contexts. Focused on vegetal semiosis or sign processes, a phytosemiotic lens views plants as dynamic and expressive subjects positioned within lifeworlds. Absent from phytosemiotic theory, however, are the cultural sign processes that take place within and between plants—what I call cultural phytosemiotics. The framework I propose calls attention to the interlinked biological, ecological, and cultural dimensions of signification between plants and non-plants. From a phytosemiotic standpoint, this article examines historical, cinematographic, and literary narratives of durian. Reflecting the fruit’s divisive sensory effects, historical accounts of Durio by Niccolò de’ Conti, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, and William Marsden alternate between praise and disdain. Moreover, films such as Fruit Chan’s Durian Durian (2000) and Anthony Chen’s Wet Season (2019) narrativize the polarities that similarly figure into historical depictions of the species. Literary narratives, including the poems “Durians” (2005) by Hsien Min Toh and “Hurling a Durian” (2013) by Sally Wen Mao, investigate the language of durian’s olfactory and gustatory sensations. Along a continuum between adoration to revulsion, durian embodies the otherness of vegetal being. In an era of rampant biodiversity loss, learning to embrace botanical difference should be a human imperative.

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Section: Conclusion: Durian Care and Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%