Salacca zalacca (Cultivated)

Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 1: 1152 1895. (Syn: Calamus salakka Willd. ex Steud.; Calamus zalacca Gaertn.; Salacca blumeana Mart.; Salacca edulis Reinw.; Salacca edulis var. amboinensis Becc.; Salacca rumphii Wall. [Illegitimate]; Salacca zalacca var. amboinensis (Becc.) Mogea);

 

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Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1152 (1895).
Synonyms:
Calamus zalacca Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 267 (1791).
Salacca rumphii Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: t. 223 (1831), nom. illeg.
Salacca edulis Reinw., Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 3 (1825).
Salacca blumeana Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 202 (1838).
Calamus salakka Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 252 (1840).
Salacca edulis var. amboinensis Becc., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 12(2): 74 (1918).
Salacca zalacca var. amboinensis (Becc.) Mogea, Principes 26: 71 (1982).
Distribution: S. Sumatera to SW. Jawa
Current pic taken in Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Fruit is a delicacy with three big white, sweet aril with seeds like Litchi. This is commonly called as snake fruit or snake skin fruit.  

Wonderful fruit….LKF 001…means many more to come. ..thanks … will be interesting. .

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Yes sir. I come across so many interesting fruits that I have never seen or heard before. So I thought I should compile them.
Hope to make some nice collections.

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