''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of palms native to

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and the eastern

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. They are

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(with the exception of Salak Bali) and pollinated by

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beetles. They are very short-stemmed palms, with

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up to 6–8 m long. The leaves have a spiny petiole; in most species they are pinnate with numerous leaflets, but some species, notably ''S. magnifica'', have undivided leaves. The

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grow in clusters at the base of the plants, and are edible in many species, with a reddish-brown scaly skin covering a white pulp and one to two large inedible seeds. The Salak (''S. zalacca'') or snake fruit is the species most widely grown for its fruit; the firm white pulp has a slight acidic taste. The skin of the snakefruit has a unique texture not unlike that of a snake's skin, rough to the touch in one direction but smooth in the other.

Species

*'' Salacca acehensis'' Chikmawati. - Aceh *'' Salacca affinis'' Griff. - Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia *'' Salacca bakeriana'' J.Dransf. - Sarawak *'' Salacca clemensiana'' Becc. - Borneo, Philippines *'' Salacca dolicholepis'' Burret - Sabah *'' Salacca dransfieldiana'' Mogea - Kalimantan *'' Salacca flabellata'' Furtado - Malaysia *'' Salacca glabrescens'' Griff. - Malaysia, Thailand *'' Salacca graciliflora'' Mogea - Malaysia *'' Salacca griffithii'' A.J.Hend. - Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand *'' Salacca lophospatha'' J.Dransf. & Mogea - Sabah - apparently extinct *'' Salacca magnifica'' Mogea - Sabah *'' Salacca minuta'' Mogea - Malaysia *'' Salacca multiflora'' Mogea - Malaysia *'' Salacca ramosiana'' Mogea - Sabah, Philippines *'' Salacca rupicola'' J.Dransf. - Sarawak *'' Salacca sarawakensis'' Mogea - Sarawak *'' Salacca secunda'' Griff. - Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar *''

Salacca stolonifera ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of Arecaceae, palms native to Southeast Asia and the eastern Himalayas. They are dioecious (with the exception of Salak Bali) and pollinated by Curculionidae beetles. They are very short-stemmed palms, ...

'' Hodel - Thailand *'' Salacca sumatrana'' Becc. - Sumatra *'' Salacca vermicularis'' Becc. - Borneo *'' Salacca wallichiana'' Mart. - Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Sumatra *''

Salacca zalacca Salak (''Salacca zalacca'') is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is cultivated in other regions of Indonesia as a food crop, and reportedly naturalized in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Maluku (province ...

'' (Gaertn.) Voss - Java, Sumatra; naturalized in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi

References

Arecaceae genera Dioecious plants {{Palm-stub