Salak
Salacca zalacca
A spiny, low-growing palm producing fruit with reddish-brown scaly skin and crisp, sweet-tart flesh, known as snake fruit.
Family
Arecaceae
Temperature
22-30°C (absolute 12-36°C)
Rainfall
1700-3100mm (absolute 1400-3500mm)
Altitude
500m
Soil pH
5-6 (absolute 4.5-6.5)
Soil types
Moist, well-drained fertile soils