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  sa-la

 

Thailand

Sa-la is a palm with the botanical name Salacca zalacca and whose fruits of the same name have a reddish brown skin which has the appearance of a snake's skin, hence its nickname ‘snake fruit’. The fruits are similar to those of the Ra-kam Palm (Salacca wallichiana), but more elongated and slender, whereas Ra-kam fruits are shorter and more rounded (fig.).

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