A photo from Justynn Stephen.
Buah Ridan/salak hutan. Very rare and actually not easily found nowadays in Sarawak.Salak Hutan or Buah Ridan/Salak merah is mostly found growing wild in the jungles.At first look,buah ridan looks very much like Buah Salak.
There are quite a number of buah ridan palms along the Bakam River, near Miri.
However, buah salak has brown skin and salak hutan with red skin.On closer look,you might notice that Salak fruit is more round whereas salak hutan has a slendershape with a more pointed and longer tip.Both have scaly,snake-like skin and open to reveal three segments with creamy white pulp and a big brown seed inside.
The best way to relish these two fruits is to eat them raw due to its good taste.It is not as sour as the asam paya.Salak or the snake fruit has thicker pulp than the salak hutan but a ripe salak hutan fruit is sweeter and more juicy than the snake fruit. Remember to peel off the thin membrane enclosing the thin pulp of each of the fruit segments before sucking the juicy pulp. (Source :Xiao Feng Huang)
The best way to relish these two fruits is to eat them raw due to its good taste.It is not as sour as the asam paya.Salak or the snake fruit has thicker pulp than the salak hutan but a ripe salak hutan fruit is sweeter and more juicy than the snake fruit. Remember to peel off the thin membrane enclosing the thin pulp of each of the fruit segments before sucking the juicy pulp. (Source :Xiao Feng Huang)
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