A rare second durian season is lowering the prices for lovers of the thorny fruit and plantation owners hoping for a windfall are seeing prices drop as hard as the fruit from the trees in Penang.

From over RM100 per kg several months ago, the price of the famed Musang King variety should cost merely RM55 to RM65 per kg now, said Wong Jee Min, Penang Fruit Orchards Association chairman.

The same goes for the prices of "Ang Heh", "Orchi" and "Hor Lor" durians which are grown in abundance in the state’s orchards, said Wong.

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