''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 dioecious (with the exception of

Salak 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, and ...

Bali) and pollinated by Curculionidae beetles. They are very short-stemmed palms, with leaves 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

(''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 ''Salacca affinis'', also known as red salak, red snakefruit salak, red snakefruit, buah ridan salak, buah ridan, linsum, salak hutan, buah manau, kelubi, buah rotan, and ridan, is a flowering shrub in the family Arecaceae. The specific epithet ( ...

'' Griff. - Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia *'' Salacca bakeriana'' J.Dransf. - Sarawak *'' Salacca clemensiana''

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- 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 ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of 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, with leave ...

'' Mogea - Sabah *''

Salacca minuta ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of 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, with leave ...

'' Mogea - Malaysia *''

Salacca multiflora ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of 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, with leave ...

'' Mogea - Malaysia *''

Salacca ramosiana ''Salacca ramosiana'' is a species of palm in the genus ''Salacca''. It is native to the Philippines and to the Island of Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographi ...

'' Mogea - Sabah, Philippines *''

Salacca rupicola ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of 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, with leave ...

'' J.Dransf. - Sarawak *''

Salacca sarawakensis ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of 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, with leave ...

'' Mogea - Sarawak *''

Salacca secunda ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of 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, with leave ...

'' Griff. - Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar *''

Salacca stolonifera ''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of 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, with leave ...

'' 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, and Sul ...

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

References

Arecaceae genera Dioecious plants {{Palm-stub