21 Thai durian varieties, from Monthong, sold everywhere, to rarities grown in a single district. Tap one to identify it, see its taste profile, and check when it's in season by region.
Enormous and heavy, with big, sparse, chunky thorns. If it's the size of a pillow, it's almost always this.
Short, blunt, widely-spaced thorns; softens to a deep gold and smells stronger than most.
Round like a volleyball (not deeply lobed), with an unusually long, thick stem.
Small and early, often the first durian to hit the market each season.
Small, green-skinned, oval tapering to a point; vivid orange-gold flesh and a big seed.
Looks like a greener Monthong, but with Puangmanee's rounded 'nose' and a brown star on the base.
Small and round, thin-skinned, packed with deep-yellow flesh and tiny seeds. Northern (Uttaradit).
Small and cylindrical, shaped like a starfruit in profile, with a deeply concave base.
Not one fruit but a sprawling heirloom family of 50-plus named varieties, all thought to trace back to one matriarch tree, Kob Mae Thao. Ask the seller which Kob it is.
Smaller fruit in the Thong Yoi family; uncommon. Verify by sight with the seller.
A historic family name; identity varies. Confirm the specific fruit with the seller.
A late-season family name (includes Nok Yip); verify the specific fruit with the seller.
Not one fruit but a government-bred series of registered hybrids, No. 1–10. Look for the number on the sign; each is a distinct cross.
A prestige Nonthaburi strain of Kanyao from Wat Sak temple. Round, long-stemmed and exceptionally dense.
Named for its pale, milky flesh, smooth like frozen yogurt with a clean bitter finish. Best eaten tree-dropped.
This is Monthong grown in the Pa La U forest near Hua Hin, sold under a protected-origin (GI) name. The fruit looks like any Monthong, so the giveaways are the ป่าละอู sign, a GI/QR sticker, and a noticeably milder smell.
Cut it open and check the central core: a genuine Kapong Salika shows a rusty red-brown stain where the segments meet, with rust-toned patches along the rind grooves. Sellers point to that red core as proof. Otherwise it reads as a small, round, thin-skinned southern durian.
Unusually tiny fruit, well under half a kilo and sized for one person. Among Thai market durians that extreme small size is the giveaway, with flesh pods that look large for such a little fruit.
Thorns that hook inward toward the rind, especially around the stem end, instead of standing straight, on a round-oval fruit with blunt ends.
An unusually thick, long fruit stalk above small, short, densely-set thorns. The oversized stalk is the quickest tell, and the mon prefix marks it as a Monthong relative rather than a round Kob-type.
Exceptionally deep gold flesh, darker than most Thai durians, dry and firm enough to hold its shape when cut rather than turning custardy.