Snake Palm

Snake Palm Photo
Category
Outdoor Plants
Health Rating
Poisonous
Latin Name
Salacca zalacca

Description

Salak, or snake palm tree, is a palm tree that bears a unique fruit and is native to Indonesia. This palm can get up to twenty feet tall with several leaflets and the fruit grows in clusters with a brown scaly skin with three lobes of edible pulp.

For Your Pet

Although there is not much information about potential symptoms when rabbits ingest any part of a snake palm tree, we do not recommend you feed these to your pet. Snake palm trees, or salak, contains amounts of tannin and saponin which can cause serious illness.

Warning

Do not feed your pet any part of the Snake Palm tree as it can cause serious illness.

Resources

If you believe that your pet has been poisoned immediately call your vet or one of the animal poison control hotlines on this list.

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