Gnetaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Gnetum gnemonoides

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gnetum gnemonoides is an evergreen, climbing plant with woody, twining stems. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of fibre. This species can be found in a range of ecoregions with habitats under varying degrees of threat. Even if the habitat loss is severe in some regions the species is probably not uncommon in much of its range and is not considered to be in danger of becoming extinct in the near future. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago

HabitatA forest species that occurs in primary and disturbed tropical lowland and hill rainforest. It prefers sites close to a river, but can also be found on moderate slopes and ridges[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Found at low elevations up to 300 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].