Salacca rudzi rwemhando makumi maviri dzemazamu akaberekerwa muSoutheast Asia uye kumabvazuva kweHimalaya. Iwo mapundu mapfupi, ane mashizha anosvika 6 <unk> 8 m kureba. Mashizha ane spiny petiole; mumarudzi mazhinji iwo akaiswa nemapepa mazhinji, asi mamwe marudzi, kunyanya S. magnifica, ane mashizha asina kupatsanurwa. Chibereko chinokura mumapoka pazasi pemiti, uye chinodyiwa mumarudzi mazhinji, neganda rakatsvuka-bhuruu rinovhara ganda jena uye imwe kusvika kune maviri makuru inedible mhodzi. Salak (S. zalacca) kana nyoka yemuchero ndiyo mhando yakakura zvakanyanya nekuda kwechibereko chayo; iyo chena ganda rine acidic ganda. Ndeupi muchero wenyoka une hunhu hwakasarudzika husina kufanana neganda renyoka, asi husina kugadzikana kune rimwe divi?
S. magnifica