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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