Gnetaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Gnetum latifolium

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gnetum latifolium is a very variable, evergreen, large climbing plant[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 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 the source of an excellent fibre and also food, both of which are harvested from the wild for local use. It is sometimes cultivated as a food plant. The major threat to this species is habitat loss. It is restricted to moist tropical/subtropical lowland and lower montane forests of SE Asia - most of the ecoregions with this habitat type are listed as threatened and very often they are critical/endangered. However, this species is still relatively common and so it 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 - northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea

HabitatRainforests at elevations up to 1,800 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Mostly found in well drained primary and secondary forest on hill ridges and slopes; also in peat swamp and riverine forests; it is recorded to climb on Ficus and Shorea albida trees[ 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. ].