What's the name of this fruit?

Snakeskin? Snakeskin? Southeast Asian fruit? Latin name: Salakka? Reinw, Indonesia (as well as Malaysia and Singapore) Name:? Salac. Palmae, Ophiopogon, non-arbor. Its plants are similar to Southeast Asian herb oil palm, with leaves clustered from the roots, 3~? 4 meters, the fruit is clustered in the axils of roots and leaves. Petiole densely pricked. Dense burrs are distributed outside the peel. ?

Snakeskin fruit tree

Plants clustered, short-stemmed or almost stemless, spiny; Dioecious. The leaves are pinnately divided, and the pinnae is lanceolate or linear, S-shaped or sickle-shaped. Inflorescence is born between leaves. Male inflorescences and female inflorescences are heteromorphic. The male inflorescence is branched with several soft cylindrical branches; The total peduncle and branches are surrounded by persistent spathe; Male flowers are born in pairs in the axils of small Buddha bracts, usually accompanied by hairy bracts; Calyx and corolla tubular, 3-lobed; Stamens 6, inserted in the mouth of corolla, filaments short, base widened; The branches of female inflorescence are less than those of male inflorescence, but larger; Female flowers are paired or solitary, larger than male flowers; Bracts 2; Neutral flowers are accompanied by female flowers, and bracts are only1; Calyx tubular at base, 3-lobed in upper part; Corolla is about as long as calyx or slightly longer, and the upper part is 3-lobed; Staminodes 6; Ovary 3-carpels, 3 ovules, incomplete 3-loculed, covered with flat, smooth or erect spiny scales, short style, 3 stigmas. The fruit is spherical, gyro-shaped or ovoid, with residual stigma at the top, thin exocarp covered with tile-shaped inverted scales, smooth or prickly scales at the top, thin mesocarp, inconspicuous endocarp, seeds 1-3, oblong, spherical or obtuse triangle, thick and fleshy seed coat, sour or sweet, even and hard endosperm with holes at the top. The seed coat is deeply invaded and the embryo is basal.

The top of the snake skin is round, about 5 cm high, and the lower part is about 5 cm in diameter. Skin is like snake skin, and reddish-brown skin is like scales of snake skin. The snakeskin sold in the Indonesian market has been stripped of its raw edges and looks smooth. Some people describe it as the size of an egg, while others are more like peaches or garlic. It is brown and consists of small scales. The upper part of each small scale seems to be separated from the peel, but the lower part is connected together to form a whole. The skin is thin and hard, and you can cut your fingers if you are not careful. Many people are afraid to eat this fruit after reading it. Peel off the skin, the sound of peeling is really like snake skin, and then tear off a thin layer of skin to see the pulp.

After peeling off the peel, it is similar to garlic and petal-shaped. Generally 3~? Four petals, one or two of which are smaller. The flesh is white and sometimes yellow. The meat is firm, like coconut, and it is crisp to bite. There is a hard core in the big petal. After peeling, the size and shape are very similar to those of peeled chestnuts. Both sides are flat, and the other side is nearly round and dark brown. The smell is slightly sour, and the entrance is mainly sweet and slightly sour. But in different places, the varieties produced are slightly different, some taste bad, and the meat is hard and sour. The snakeskin produced in Bali, Indonesia is the best. The meat is sweet and sour, not bitter, not very dry and hard. The flesh is full, crisp like an apple, with a small core and a faint aroma. It is said that snakeskin also has beauty function, so it has been used as a skin care product recently. ? In Indonesia, the quality of snakeskin produced in Bali, Yogyakarta and Bandung in Java is better. It is said on the Internet that some snakeskin fruits have astringent pulp and poor quality.

There is also a kind of snakeskin in Thailand, which is longer. The pulp looks a bit like durian, with a slightly larger core, but it tastes good. You can see it occasionally in fruit shops, but the price is not cheap.

Note: the snakeskin shell is hard and thin, so be careful when dialing, and it is easy to cut your fingers! The flesh of snakeskin fruit is crisp, the ripe fruit is sweet, the flesh is yellow like durian, and the immature fruit is white and sweet and sour. Buyers have to taste the specific tastes themselves. Can be said to be indescribable special! The number of pounds is about 8!

Snake skin, also known as Satay, is a genus of Palmae (Palmae or Arecae) (Sa-? Lacca) plants, the English name is "salak" or "snake? Fruit ",Latin name is" Salakka? Zara card (Gaertner) Voss ",also known as" Salakka? Delicious? Reinw is a famous fruit in Southeast Asia. According to the literature, every 100? G The calorie of snakeskin is 32 1.86? J, protein 0.5? G, carbohydrate 20.9? G. calcium 28? Mg, fat 18? Mg, iron 4.2? Magnesium and vitamin (B 1) 0.04? Magnesium and vitamin (C2)mgL.

Snakeskin-distribution

There are about 14 species in the world, distributed in tropical Asia such as India, Indochina Peninsula and Malay Archipelago. There are 1 species in China, distributed in western Yunnan.

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1. Subtropical Plant Science published in 03, 2004? Hu Jianxiang and Zheng's article "Preliminary Report on Introduction and Cultivation of Snake Skin in Xishuangbanna" reported the growth, reproduction and cultivation techniques of snake skin introduced and cultivated in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of China Academy of Sciences.

2. Practical forestry technology? Issue 6, 2008? Publishing? Rong-Li Sheng, Tianpian "? West? Asia? Snakes? Skin? Fruit? what's up Open? Send? Lee? This paper reports the investigation and resources of tropical forests in Indonesia.

3. Jiangxi Agricultural News, No.4, 2009? Publishing? Sun and Cao Hongxing? Study on determination of cold resistance of snakeskin fruit by conductivity method and Logistic equation

The cold resistance of four kinds of snakeskin was introduced for the first time. Four snakeskin varieties, Bali, Pondoh, Galing and M9, were subjected to different degrees of low temperature stress. The results showed that the cold resistance of the four varieties was Pengduo > Gading > M9 > Bali.

4. Journal of Tropical Crops? Issue 6, 2009? Cao Hongxing and Sun's article "A Preliminary Study on the Comparison of Cold Tolerance of Different Snakeskin Seedlings" was published, which reported the trial planting in Hainan and comprehensively studied the cold tolerance of snakeskin. Potted seedlings of four snakeskin varieties, Bali, Pengduo, Jialing and Malaysia (M), were used as materials. Physiological indexes such as leaf injury rate, soluble sugar, malondialdehyde and proline were measured under low temperature stress to study its cold resistance.

5. Indonesian snakeskin resources (from Li's "Ni? West? Asia? Snakes? Skin? Fruit? what's up Open? Send? Lee? Use ")

Serial number? Variety name? Born? productive year

1? Pangdu? Sleman County, Yogyakarta, Indonesia? 1988

2? Swaru？ Malang, East Java, Indonesia? 199 1

3? Enrekang? Enlekang County, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia? 1992

4? Nglumut？ Mageleng in central Java, Indonesia? Region? 1993

5? Bali? Karang Asen County, Bali, Indonesia? 1994

6? Gula? Pasir. Karang Asen County, Bali, Indonesia? 1994

7? Padangsidempuan？ Melah? South Tapanuri in North Sumatra, Indonesia? 1999

8? Padangsidempuan？ Putih？ South Tapanuri in North Sumatra, Indonesia? 2000

9? Gardin? Ayu? Sleman County, Yogyakarta, Indonesia? 2000

10? Pangu? Minahasha County, North Sulawesi, Indonesia? 200 1