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Gnetum gnemon

Botanic Family

Gnetaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Cultivated

C, edible seeds

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Caroline Islands
• SE Xizang
• W Yunnan - China
• Fiji
• Assam
• Nicobar islands - India
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Moluccas
• Myanmar
• Pacific islands
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Islands
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• rain forest
• coastal areas. Bark fibres & leaves used in spinage
• parts eaten
• fruit edible
• seeds crushed
• rosted or baked

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Shrubs or trees with branches becoming vinelike. Leaves to 200mm x 100mm, male inflorescence terminal or axillary yellowish spikes to 80mm long on lateral branchlets with up to 80 flowers, female inflorescence similar with up to 8 female flowers, fruit orange-yellow or pink to 35mm long, seeds yellow to yellow-orange or pink

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• FI
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana
• Smithsonian
• P. Chai
• GBS
• Kew