Snake fruit
Salacca zalacca
Snake fruit, along with durian and a host of other fruit, is a natural growing gem of southeast Asia.
It is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) and is native to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.
The outside of the fruit is scaly like a snake and prickly like a cactus, but the inside is sweeter than honey, sour like a pineapple and incredibly juicy. Its flesh is slightly acidic, giving your tongue a citrus like tingle.
The complex flavor wrapped into a lethal grenade looking package has a spectacular flavor.
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