Gnetaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Gnetum macrostachyum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gnetum macrostachyum is an 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 harvesed from the wild for local use as a food and source of fibre. The main threat to this species is through habitat loss - many of the ecoregions n which it occurs are threatened and classified as either vulnerable or critical/endangered. However, it has a fairly wide distribution and has been reported as occasional to relatively common in different parts of its range. It is known from several protected areas in different countries and island. 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 RangeE. Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea

HabitatDense humid forests close to rivers on clayey-sandy red and black soils, sometimes in secondary forests and overgrown Hevea rubber estates; mainly at low elevations but ascending to lower montane forests[ 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. ].