GnetaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Gnetum gnemon L.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Melindjo - Male Specimen
- Family: Gnetaceae Lindley
- Country of Origin: southeast Asia and Melanesia
- Habitat: lowland rainforests
- Description: [male specimen]
Tree cultivated for edible young leaves and seeds cooked and roasted, excellent crackers made from flour, fibre from bark.
Section Gnetum, Subsection Gnetum
- Culture: slightly acid to neutral, well drained soils and tolerates infertile and shallow substrates
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   Accession Data:- Accession # 199500163
- Source: Fairchild Tropical Gardens
- Provenance: Acquired by Kim Glazier (grad student) while enrolled in course at Fairchild.
Fairchild # is 85-247, Clone16
- Recorded Vouchers: CONN Accession #: 129179
- Accession Date: 09-08-1995
- Bench: 3107 - Gnetum Platform Bench
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-09-2009
Classification:- Division: Gnetophyta
- Class: Gnetopsida
- SubClass: gnetophytes
- Order: Gnetales
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- Family: Gnetaceae
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References:Mabbery, The Plant Book, 1987
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