Gnetaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Gnetum neglectum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gnetum neglectum is a small, 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food. This species has a restricted range and its preferred habitat is lowland to hill forest, a habitat that is threatened by commercial logging and the establishment of palm oil and rubber plantations and classified as vulnerable. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' 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 - Borneo, found all over the island, but mainly in the northeast.

HabitatShady lowland and hill rainforests at elevations up to about 1,000 metres. It has been reported from mixed dipterocarp and Agathis forests on hill sides, but mostly along rivers in primary and secondary 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. ]. Swampy rain forests[ 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 ].