zalacca

Updated: May 7, 2025

The Salack, or Calamus Rotang Zalacca of Linnæus. This is the fruit of a prickly bush; it is about as big as a walnut, and covered with scales, like those of a lizard: Below the scales are two or three yellow kernels, in flavour somewhat resembling a strawberry.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13