About 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 or snack, and popularly grown in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Maluku, Sulawesi and Papua.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salacca zalacca
- Genus
- Salacca
- Family
- ARECACEAE
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Indonesia and Malaysia
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- சலக்
- Malayalam
- സലാക്കാ സലാക്കാ, Salacca zalacca
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Salak belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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