Gnetaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Gnetum klossii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gnetum klossii is a vigorous, evergreen climbing plant with woody, twining stems. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The preferred habitat of this species is lowland to lower montane forest - a habitat that is highly threatened on Borneo and classified as vulnerable to critical/endangered. Most probably the plant's area of occurrence is declining. However, recent collections have been made in today protected areas in the NW, NE and SE of Borneo. The species is therefore probably not threatened and 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 (northern Borneo)

HabitatLowland to montane forest - mainly in primary forests on ridges and hill slopes[ 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. ].