snake fruit

English

Snake fruit and tree (Salacca zalacca)

Etymology

From its scaly reddish skin.

Noun

snake fruit (usually uncountable, plural snake fruits)

1. (informal) The salak fruit (Salacca zalacca), which grows on a species of palm tree native to Indonesia.

Further reading

• Salak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salacca zalacca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Salacca zalacca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons