Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asam paya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sala	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salak palm	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salak pasir	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
she pi guo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
snake fruit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
snake skin fruit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Salacca blumeana Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 202 (1838).
Salacca edulis Reinw. Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 3 (1825).
Calamus salakka Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 252 (1840).
Calamus zalacca Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 267 (1791).
Salacca edulis var. amboinensis Becc. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 12(2): 74 (1918).
Salacca rumphii Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: t. 223 (1831), nom. illeg.
Salacca zalacca var. amboinensis (Becc.) Mogea Principes 26: 71 (1982).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salacca blumeana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Salacca edulis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Salacca edulis Reinw.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Zalacca edulis	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Zalacca edulis Reinw.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Zallaca blumeana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Zallaca edulis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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