Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Indonesia. It is a very short-stemmed palm, with leaves up to 6 metres (20 ft) long; each leaf has a 2-metre long petiole with spines up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long, and numerous leaflets.The most expensive cultivar of the Bali salak is the gula pasir (literally "sand sugar", referring to its fine-grainedness), which is smaller than the normal salak and is the sweetest of all salak. The price in Bali is Rp 15,000-30,000 (US$1.50-3.00) per kilogram depending on time of year. Salak gula pasir or also known as Sugar salak which known for its juicy sweetness sometimes ferments to be Salak wine which has an alcohol content of 13.5 percent, similar to Grape wine. The Salak wine taste is sweet and dry.