Published on: Thursday, February 18, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: A worker harvesting a durian that had been secured with rope at a farm in Raub in Malaysia’s Pahang state as traders become more reliant on China’s appetite for the world’s smelliest fruit. RAUB: Durians falling from trees are collected in nets on a farm in Malaysia, where a long lockdown has slowed domestic demand and left traders more reliant on China’s appetite for the world’s smelliest fruit. Grown across tropical Southeast Asia, fans love the “king of fruits” for its bittersweet flavours and creamy texture although critics compare its odour to rotting garbage, and it is banned from many hotels and on public transport.