Salak Pondoh

Salak (Salacca zalacca,syn. S. edulis, Calamus zalacca) is a species of palm tree  (family Arecaceae) native to Indonesia.  It is a very short-stemmed palm, with leaves up to 6 m long; each leaf has a 2 m long spiny petiole and numerous leaflets. A ripe salak is always creamy yellow colour and has a sweet acid taste like pineapple.  Salak is not juicy which makes them especially convenient to peel and eat.  The taste is usually sweet and acidic, but its apple-like texture can vary from very dry  and crumbly to moist and crunchy.  Recently there is newly innovated clone, the Salak Pondoh  It is sweeter and allows higher yield. Salak pondoh is an important fruit in Yogyakarta province. In the five years to 1999, the annual production in Yogyakarta doubled to 28,666 tons.  Its popularity (compared with other cultivars) among local Indonesian  consumers is mainly due to the intensity of its aroma, which can be overripe and sweaty even before full maturation. Salak pondoh has three more superior variations, namely pondoh super, pondoh hitam (black pondoh),  and pondoh gading (ivory-English term for gading / yellowish-skinned pondoh). We Supply Salak Pondoh directly from Farmers of Salak in Yogyakarta.  We can supply per day by air freight or in huge quantity by containers.