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Salak
Salak
Salacca zalacca
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 50 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Southeast Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Rare

About

Salak, commonly called snake fruit, is a clustering palm native to Java and Sumatra, named for its distinctive reddish-brown scaly skin that closely resembles a snake's scales. The crunchy, sweet-tart flesh is arranged in three lobes, each enclosing a large inedible seed.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Salacca
Species
Salacca zalacca