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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; Mature ovules and inflorescence of Gnetum gnemon L. a rare gymnosperm.
Distribution: Assam, Manipur, Burma, Malay, Moluccas, Sunda Islands, Celebes, Borneo, Phillippines, New Guinea. Photo taken from Jeypur RF, Assam- 2011 Very Nice. Thanks for sharing a different plant. I have observed Gnetum ulla in western ghats.
Very interesting and good photographs. First is fruit, second is male and third is female inflorescence. Beautiful pictures of a rare plant! Thanks … for sharing. Do you have pictures of leaves by any chance?
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