Gnetum leptostachyum

Botanical Description

Gnetum leptostachyum is a stout, evergreen, climbing plant with woody, twining stems[ 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 ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of fibre. A relatively widespread species, found from Indochina to Borneo and Java, and sometimes treated as four distinct varieties. It grows in a range of environments, often in less accessible sites and at higher elevations - areas that are more likely to be preserved. 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. ].