Hi! I'm new to the forum. It's indeed interesting to read how foreigners describe durian. (Not only durians, in fact I love reading travelogues and 'see' Malaysia from a foreign point of view.) Anyways, AzRael and Shiemie, I think WoodApples are called Buah Belinjau. And you're right, they're not commercially cultivated. And Buah Nipah is correct, not buah Atap. Pan - the best Malaysian durians (heck, the best durians) are not found in the East Coast of Malaysia but rather the west cost, the best coming from Perak and Johor (Segamat & Pontian) although you can get some good ones from Penang too. I love durians. I'm dubbed 'Hantu Durian' by my family coz I can eat quite a few fruits in one sitting. But I only eat the good ones. And this is relative coz some people prefer the milder smelling and tougher flesh ones like the Thai durians. Some durians have very 'watery' flesh. I prefer mine to be like a very, very thick and rich custard, sweet but a tad bitterish taste. And they're usually a rich deep yellow (sometimes a hinge of red tint) color called Durian Tembaga (Tembaga=Copper). Or the D24 specie. Yumm! Yumm! Can't wait for the durian season again.