Taxon:  Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss



Summary
Genus:
Salacca
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Calamoideae
Tribe:
Calameae
Subtribe:
Salaccinae
Nomen number:
401079
Place of publication:
Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1:1152.  1895 "Zalacca zalacca"
Comment:
spelling verified from original literature
Verified:
07/15/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
14 (2  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Calamus zalacca Gaertn.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Salacca edulis Reinw.
Salakka edulis Reinw. ex Blume

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
  6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield. 1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. 251.
  9. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:281.
  10. Wiangsamut, B. et al. 2017. A survey of information on producers, production and marketing systems of salak fruit in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. Acta Hort. 1186:223-229. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1186.35. Note: fruits of Salacia zalacca (as S. edulis) are harvested from small land holders; artificial pollination uses S. wallichiana as source of pollen
  11. Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu. 1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia
  12. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishsalak  1Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:281.
Englishsalak palm  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishsnakefruit  1Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:281.
GermanSalakpalme  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Swedishsalak  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
2Cultivated    widely cult. 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesi Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Sumatera]
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi], Malaysia

Reference(s)
  1. Govaerts, R. & J. Dransfield. 2005. World checklist of palms.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:281.
Human foodfruit Wiangsamut, B. et al. 2017. A survey of information on producers, production and marketing systems of salak fruit in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. Acta Hort. 1186:223-229. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1186.35. Note: fruits of Salacia zalacca (as S. edulis) are harvested from small land holders; artificial pollination uses S. wallichiana as source of pollen
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401079. Accessed 12 May 2026.