page_title: Lansium parasiticum
section_title: Cultivars
hierarchical_section_title: Lansium parasiticum / Cultivars
caption_attribution_description: English: Harvesting duku, Lansium domesticum fruit. From Mandi Angin, Rawas Ilir, Kabupaten Musi Rawas, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Bahasa Indonesia: Memanen buah duku, Lansium domesticum di pohonnya. Mandi Angin, Kec. Rawas Ilir, Kabupaten Musi Rawas, Sumatera Selatan.
context_page_description: Lansium parasiticum, commonly known as langsat, lanzones, or longkong in English; duku in Indonesian or dokong in Malay, is a species of tree in the Mahogany family with commercially cultivated edible fruits. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
context_section_description: There are numerous cultivars of L. parasiticum. Overall, there are two main groups of cultivars, those named duku and those named langsat. There are also mixed duku-langsat varieties.
  Those called duku generally have a large crown, thick with bright green leaves, with short bunches of few fruit. The individual fruit are large, generally round, and have somewhat thick skin that does not release sap when cooked. The seeds are small, with thick flesh, a sweet scent, and a sweet or sour taste.
  Meanwhile, the variant commonly known as langsat generally has thinner trees, with a less dense crown consisting of dark green leaves and stiff branches. The bunches are longer, and each bunch holds between 15 and 25 large, egg-shaped fruit. The skin is thin and releases a white sap when cooked. The flesh is watery and tastes sweet and sour. 
  Lansium domesticum var. aquaeum is distinguished by its hairy leaves, as well as the tightly packed dark yellow fruit on its bunches. The fruit tends to be small, with thin skin and little sap; the skin is difficult to remove. To be eaten, the fruit is bitten and the flesh sucked through the hole created, or rubbed until the skin breaks and the seeds are retrieved. In Indonesia the fruit has several names, including kokosan, pisitan, pijetan, and bijitan. The seeds are relatively large, with thin, sour flesh.
caption: L. parasiticum cultivation in Mandi Angin, Rawas Ilir, Musi Rawas.
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