INTERACTIVE: Rediscovering Malaysia’s forgotten fruits


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  • Sunday, 21 Aug 2022

PETALING JAYA: Fancy a nam-nam, abiu and keriang? Don’t worry if you have never heard of them – Malaysia is home to more than 300 species of fruits that are no longer familiar to many of us, especially the younger generation.

According to the Agriculture Department, there are about 370 species of cultivated and wild fruits in the country, of which 16 have been classified as major fruit crops such as durian, pineapples and bananas.

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