A soursop fruit hanging from the branch.

Annona Muricata
Common names: Soursop, Graviola, Guanabana. Soursop fruits are heart-shape with a rough green skin with soft fleshy spines. The flesh is juicy and slightly acidic and produces a rich creamy juice which is very refreshing.

Harvesting Period
Harvest throughout the year with peak times in October and April. Fruits are picked when their dark green color fades to yellow green. Soften to ripe in 1 to 3 days.

Soursop fruits

Uses of Soursop
The soursop is usually processed into ice cream, sherbets, ice blended drinks or fresh juice. The medicinal properties of soursop has been known to be used to cure the following ailments: Diarrhea, cough, asthma, hypertension, rheumatism, tumors, cancer, etc.. Please check out the following web sites for more information.

1. Graviolaleaves
2. Graviola for Cancer
3. Research on Graviola
4. A friendly skeptic looks at Graviola

Quality Criteria
Market requirements state that soursop on arrival should be physically mature, firm, free from decay, bruises, insects and mechanical damage and confirm to weight and size specifications.

Sorting and packaging of soursop fruits.

Packaging
Harvesting is carried out in the early part of the day to avoid build-up of field heat, usually on the day of export or delivery. soursop are packed in crates with individual internal packaging to prevent fruit to fruit rubbing or puncturing.

Market Price in Malaysia
Price per kg is between RM5 to RM6

Availability of fruits
Fruits are seasonal and are only available with prior booking.

Ex-Farm Price is RM2.00 to RM2.50 for Grade A Fruits. Grade B and below are available upon request.

Frozen Soursop Flesh (with seeds) in 5-kg packaging (ideal for juice extraction and Suorsop Smoothie/Ice Blended Drinks) are also available upon request.

Varieties of mango

Mangifera indica L.
There are dozens of variety of mango family, varying in fragrance and flavour from sublime to unpleasant.

Origin and Distribution
Native to Southern Asia, especially eastern India, Burma, and the Andaman Islands, the mango has been cultivated, praised and even revered in its homeland since ancient times. Buddhist monks are believed to have taken the mango on voyages to Malaysia and eastern Asia in the 4th and 5th Centuries B.C. (Quoted from Julia F. Morton’s book: Fruits of warm climates)

Chokanan mango variety is most common in Malaysia

Uses of Mango
Mangoes can be divided into two broad categories: those that are eaten green (not ripe) and dessert mangoes enjoyed for their sweetness.

Quality Criteria
Not established.

Harvesting Period
Mangoes normally reach maturity in 4 to 5 months from flowering. When the mango is fully grown and ready for picking, the stem will snap easily with a slight pull. If a strong pull is necessary, the fruit is still somewhat immature and should not be harvested.

Market Price in Malaysia
Price per kg is between RM6 to RM10
Ex-Farm price is around RM3 to RM5 per kg depending on sizes and fruits’ quality.

Availability of fruits (Seasonal)
Chokanan mangoes are generally available on special request at wholesale price but advance booking is advised.

Seedless guava looks a bit of a retard compared to its non seedless variety.

Psidium Guajava L
The Guava is almost universally known by its common English name or its equivalent in other languages. Spanish: guayabo or guayavo. French: goyave or goyavier. Dutch: guyaba or goeajaaba. Hawaiian: guaya or kuawa. In Malaysia it is known as guava or jambu batu.

Origin and Distribution
The guava has been cultivated and distributed by man, by birds and other 4-footed animals for so long that its place of origin is uncertain, but it is believed to be an area extending from Southern Mexico into or through Central America.

Seedless guavas are the result of low fertility of pollen grains and self-incompatibility. The fruits tend to be malformed and the trees are scant bearers. Applications of gibberellic acid increase fruit size, weight and ascorbic acid content but induce prominent ridges on the surface.

For more information please refer to the link below:

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcorp

Non seedless variety.

Uses of Guava
The guavas are eaten out-of-hand, but are preferred seedless and served sliced as dessert or in salads.

Quality Criteria
Not established.

Harvesting Period
The fruits matures 90 to 150 days after flowering. Generally, there are 2 crops per year, Sept/Oct period and Mar/Apr period. However in Malaysia, the fruits could generally be obtained all year round.

Market Price in Malaysia
Price per kg is between RM6 to RM9 (seedless guava)
Ex-Farm price is around RM3 to RM4 per kg depending on sizes and fruits’ quality.

Availability of fruits
Fruits are generally available on special request at wholesale price but advance booking are advised.

Sugar Apple (aka buah nona in Malaysia)

Annona Squamosa
The most common varieties found in Asia are quite small. All fruits share the same distinctive appearance, with the skin composed of overlapping fleshy green/purple “petals”.

Origin and Distribution
The original home of the sugar apple is unknown but are widely believed to be tropical America and introduced to tropical Asia several centuries ago.

Uses of Sugar Apple
The ripe sugar apple is usually broken open with hand and the flesh segments eaten while the hard seeds are separated in the mouth and spat out. Sometimes the flesh is pressed trough a sieve to eliminate the seeds and is then added to ice cream or blended with milk to make a cool beverage.

Quality Criteria
Not established.

Harvesting Period
The fruits are generally available all year round.

Market Price in Malaysia
RM8 to RM10 per kg.

Availability of fruits
Too small quantity to be of commercial value.

Pulasan

Nephelium Mutabile
The pulasan is closely allied to the rambutan and sometimes confused with it. It is also sometimes known as rambutan-kafri, rambutan paroh or pening-pening-ramboetan.

Description and Origin
The pulasan tree is about 33 to 50 ft in height, has a short trunk (12 – 16 in thick) and the branchelets are brown-hairy when young. The flavor is generally much sweeter than that of the rambutan. The pulasan is native to Western Malaysia, mostly in lowland forests around Perak.

Uses of Pulasan
The flesh of ripe fruits is eaten raw or made into jam. Boiled or roasted seeds are used to prepare a cocoa-like beverage.

Quality Criteria
Not established.

Packaging
Generally tied up in bunches.

Market Price in Malaysia
Price per kg is between RM5 to RM8

Availability of fruits
Fruits are generally available on special request at wholesale price but production volume are limited.

Rambutan is best eaten fresh.

Nephelium lappaceum L.
It is generally known as Rambutan in most language.

Origin and Distribution
Rambutan is native to Malaysia and is commonly available is South East Asia. There are quite a few varieties available, notably the red and yellow varieties.

Season
In Malaysia, rambutan generally bear fruits twice a year, the first main crop in June and a lesser one in December.

Harvesting
The entire fruit cluster is cut from the branch by harvesters. If single fruits are picked, they should be snapped off with a piece of the stem attached, so as not to rapture the rind (skin). The fruits must be handled carefully to avoid bruising and crushing, and kept dry, cool, and well-ventilated to delay spoilage.

Uses of Rambutan
Rambutan are mostly eaten out-of-hand after merely tearing the rind open, or cutting it around the middle and pulling it off.

Quality Criteria
Not established.

Market Price in Malaysia
RM6.00 to RM8.00

Availability of fruits
Please call us for availability.

Langsat

Lansium Domesticum
The langsat is also known as lansa, langseh, langsep, lanzon or kokosan.

Origin and Distribution
The langsat originated in Western Malaysia and is common both wild and cultivated throughout the Archipelago and on the island of Luzon in the Philippines where the fruits are very popular and the tree is being utilized in reforestation of hilly areas.

Uses of Langsat
The peel of the langsat is easily removed and the flesh is comonly eaten out-of-hand or served as dessert.

Quality Criteria
Not established.

Harvesting Period
Langsats in Malaysia generally bear twice a year, June to July and again in December to January.

Market Price in Malaysia
Price per kg is between RM5 to RM8

Availability of fruits
Fruits are generally available on special request at wholesale price but production volume are limited.

Dragon Fruit (aka Pitaya)

Hylocereus Undatus – White variety
Hylocereus Polyrhizus- Red variety
The generic name for Dragon Fruit is “Pitaya” as it is known in North America. Dragon Fruit is relatively new to Malaysia. It originated from Central America and it was brought into Vietnam by the US Army during the Vietnam War. Since then, it has been cultivated commercially in large scale farms in Vietnam.

Dragon Fruits (Red variety)

Harvesting Period
The optimal harvesting times vary between 25th and 28th days after flowering for export fruit, and 29-30th days after flowering for local markets.

Uses of Dragon Fruit
Dragon fruit is usually chilled and eaten fresh. It’s flesh is bland to sweet in taste and quite refreshing. It can also be used in the preparation of cocktails and refreshments. Other experimental uses include ice cream and wine.

Dragon Fruits (white variety)

Quality Criteria
Market requirements state that Dragon Fruit on arrival should be physically mature, firm, free from fungal, insect, skin splitting, punctures, dirt and bruise damage. It should also achieve at least 70% red coloration on it’s body.

Packaging
Cardboard boxes are normally used. The fruit is wrapped individually in paper and packed in one single box. Generally 20 pieces per box with total weight of around 4 to 5 kg.

The dragon fruit plant with its' flower buds

Market Price in Malaysia
RM3.00 each for the White variety
RM5.00 each for the Red variety

Availability of fruits
Fruits are generally available on special request at wholesale price but production volume are limited as it is still under experimental cultivation.

Mangosteen, the Queen of fruits

Garcinia mangostana L.
One of the most famous tropical fruits. The mangosteen is a Southeast Asian native and bears fruit at the same time as durian. The thick but soft woody shell encloses several segments of the most exquisite juicy white flash, sweet yet slightly acidic.

Origin and Distribution
The place of origin of the mangosteen is unknown but is believed to be the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas; still, there are wild trees in the forests of  Malaysia.

Uses of Mangosteen
Mangosteens are usually eaten fresh as dessert. To select the best fruits, choose those with the highest number of stigma lobes at the apex, for these have the highest number of fleshy sements and accordingly the fewest seeds. The numbers always correspond.

A ripen mangosteen, waiting to be devoured.

Quality Criteria
In dry, warm, closed storage, mangosteens can be kept for 20 to 25 days. Ripe mangosteens keep well for 3 to 4 weeks in storage at 40′C to 55′C.

Harvesting Period
In Malaysia, the fruits usually ripens from May to July. It usually corresponds to the durian season.

Market Price in Malaysia
Price per kg is between RM5 to RM8

Availability of fruits
Seasonal fruit, usually between May and July.

The king of fruits, destined for the enjoyment of durian lovers.

Durio zibethinus Murr
The durian is native to Malaysia and Indonesia. In Malaysia, durian plantations are found mostly in Johor, Perak and Penang.

Harvesting Period
The Raja Kunyit variety has 2 fruiting seasons, generally available during June/July  and December/January periods.

Durian: Raja Kunyit variety (aka Mao San Wong)

Uses of Durian
Durian fruit is usually eaten fresh. Other uses – durian cake (dodol), jam and ice cream flavoring.

Quality Criteria
Durians are highly perishable. Fallen fruits are fully ripen and ready for consumption. Eating quality are lost within 4 or 5 days.

Durian, ready for consumption.

Characteristics of Raja Kunyit variety:
Color: Golden Yellow
Texture: Smooth, custardy and firm
Seeds: Almost Seedless! (No fully-formed seeds, with tiny seeds easily remove from flesh)
Taste: Sweet with a tinge of bitter aftertaste

Market Price in Malaysia (Raja Kunyit variety)
RM15.00 to 30.00 per kg

Availability of fruits
Fruits are generally available during June/July and December/January period. Quantity are limited and usually fruits are pre-booked in advance. Quality in term of taste and texture are the best in the market.