What's the difference between a durian and jackfruit?

Question

They look the same, what's the difference?

Answer 1

Durian - A very exotic and flavorful fruit. This fruit was found in south eastern Asia, somewhere in Thailand. This fruit is different from the Jack because it has a more bitter taste, hard and moist texture, and has hard to peel, rough and spikey skin.

Jackfruit - A very smooth, lightweight fruit, with a bite similar to a mango. This, too was found in south eastern Asia, but in the western part of India. This fruit is cherished among Indains, and is one of thier leading cash crop exports. The skin is flat, thin and edible.

Answer 2

the durian's odor is similar to rotten feet, the jackfruit's odor is similar to rotting onions.

The durian(IPA: [ˈd(j)ʊriən, -ɑn])[1] is the fruit of trees from the genus Durio belonging to the Malvaceae, a large family which includes hibiscus, okra, cotton, mallows, and linden trees.

Widely known and revered in Southeast Asia as the "King of Fruits", the fruit is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk. The fruit can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long and 15 centimetres (6 in) in diameter, and typically weighs one to four kilograms (2 to 7 lb).

Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its husk green to brown, and its flesh pale-yellow to red, depending on the species.

The edible flesh emits a distinctive odour, strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Regarded by some as fragrant, others as overpowering and offensive, the smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust.

The odour has led to the fruit's banishment from certain hotels and public transportation in Southeast Asia.

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The jackfruit is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. It is also possibly native to the Malay Peninsula, though, more likely, it was introduced there by humans. It is commercially grown and sold in South, Southeast Asia and northern Australia.

It is also grown in parts of Hawaii, central and eastern Africa, Brazil, Suriname, and in islands of the West Indies such as Jamaica and Trinidad. It is the national fruit of Bangladesh and Indonesia. The jackfruit bears fruit three years after planting.

An unopened ripe fruit can have an unpleasant smell, like rotting onions. The light brown to black seeds with white innards are about the 2–3 inches long. People often oil their hands with coconut oil, mustard oil or paraffin before preparing jackfruit, as the rest of the fruit is a loose white mass that bleeds a milky, sticky sap often used as glue.

The taste is similar to pineapple.

Answer 3

Durian stinks... jackfruit is sweet.

In terms of appearance, both kind of look the same, but jackfruit has a rough pebbly shell (reminds me fo dinosaur skin... lol) while Durian has a spikey shell (which reminds me of a porcupine).

Answer 4

The insides look different and the tastes are vastly different.  Jackfruit is a sweetish fruit kind of pineapple-y.  Durian looks like a body organ and smells like death.  It tastes just as bad as it smells, I'm told.  I've always been afraid to try it.