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Snake Fruit

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This fruit is known as Snake Fruit due to the reddish-brown scaly skin and it grows in clusters at the base of the palm. Snake Fruit is about the size and shape of a ripe fig, usually round with a distinct tip, with an edible pulp. The fruit inside consists of three lobes, each lobe containing a large inedible seed. The lobes look and have the consistency of peeled garlic cloves. The taste is usually sweet and acidic, but its apple-like texture can vary from very dry and crumbly to moist and crunchy.

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Snake Fruit is consumed fresh and canned product. Unripe Snake Fruit is usually sour and astringent, and used for pickles.