Gnetum gnemon

Gnetum gnemon L., Mant. Pl. 1: 125 1767. (Syn: Gnemon ovalifolia (Poir.) Kuntze; Gnetum acutatum Miq.; Gnetum domestica Rumph.; Gnetum gnemon var. domesticum Markgr.; Gnetum gnemon var. laurinum Blume; Gnetum gnemon var. lucidum Blume; Gnetum gnemon var. majusculum Blume; Gnetum gnemon var. ovalifolium (Poir.) Blume; Gnetum gnemon f. stipitatum Markgr.; Gnetum gnemon var. sylvestris (Brongn.) Parl.; Gnetum gnemon f. volubile Markgr.;  Gnetum ovalifolium Poir.; Gnetum polystachyum Reinw. ex Blume [Invalid]; Gnetum silvestris Rumph.; Gnetum silvestris Brongn.; Gnetum sylvestre Brongn.; Gnetum vinosum Elmer);  

Shrubs or small trees; leaves drying yellowish; seed coat usually velvety, rarely glabrous as per Keys at Flora of China;

Assam; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Cambodia; Caroline Is.; China
South-Central; Fiji; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maluku; Myanmar; New Guinea;
Nicobar Is.; Philippines; Queensland; Santa Cruz Is.; Solomon Is.; Sulawesi;
Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;

 

Very Nice. Thanks for sharing a different plant. I have observed Gnetum ulla in western ghats.

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Very interesting and good photographs. First is fruit, second is male and third is female inflorescence.

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Beautiful pictures of a rare plant! Thanks … for sharing. Do you have pictures of leaves by any chance?

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