Bali has various type of fruits mostly tropical fruits such as papaya, banana, pineapple, orange, mango, red guava, apple  etc. Snake fruit, star fruit, jack fruit are example of fruits you can not find in sub tropic country.  Handicrafters in Bali turn these shape of fruits into lovely handicrafts, the basic material is usually from wood. You can find this type of handicraft in Tegalalang - Gianyar Regency or in Sukawati Traditional Market. Below is a short description of Balinese's fruits :

SNAKE FRUIT
Snake fruit mostly can be found in Karangasem Regency, since the soil around this are is suitable for snake fruit plant. The shape of snake fruit is oval and sharpen at tip of the fruit, the color is dark brown to light brown it’s depend on the type of the snake fruit. The skin of this fruit is similar with snake that is why they call a snake fruit. Taste of snake fruit is mixed of sour & sweet and feels little bit crunchy when it chewed.

STAR FRUIT
It is obvious the star fruit has a star shape, the taste of this fruit is combination of sweet & sour. Mostly star fruit can be planted in the backyard or front yard of Balinese People house. Star fruit usually used as “rujak” combination of star fruit and other fruits with “sambal” some kind of sauce , this sauce is made from Balinese sweet, salt, chili and other ingredients.  The color of star fruit usually light green to yellow, in Indonesian or Balinese we call it “belimbing”, actually there are 2 types of belimbing one is star fruit the other is wuluh (belimbing wuluh). The shape of belimbing wuluh is oval and usually can be mixed with “pepes” one of Balinese menu (fish mixed with certain Balinese sauce and wrapped with banana leaf).

JACK FRUIT
Major characteristic taste of jack fruit is sweet and has lovely yellow color. Jack fruit can be planted anywhere at the backyard or elsewhere where the space remains wider.  The plant of jackfruit growing high and need more space at the top of the tree compare than the other Balinese fruits. Young jack fruit can be made as vegetable with special Balinese spicy sauce its call “jukut nangka”, young jack fruit is also one of “lawar” ingredient  the famous Balinese meal. Ripe jack fruit is can be mixed with “kolak” some kind of dessert made from coconut cream, banana, sugar and other ingridients. Since taste of jack fruit is sweet this fruit can be directly eaten.

RED WATER APPLE
Sour, little bit sweet , crispy and juicy are characteristics of the water apple. Red water apple is widely cultivated by Balinese people, chiefly in rural areas where the space remains wider.  Water apple has some variants in terms of its color. They are light magenta red, light green, white and brown.