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Gnetum is a genus of about 30-35 species of gymnosperm
Gymnosperm

Gymnosperm is a group of spermatophyte seed-bearing plants with ovules on scales, which are usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major group of seed-bearing plants, the angiosperms, [from the Greek, 'angion' - container] have ovules enclosed in a carpel, a sporophyll with fused margins....
s, the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae and order Gnetales. They are tropical evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s, shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s and liana
Liana

The liana is any of various long-stemmed, usually woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in order to get access to well-lit areas of the forest....
s. Unlike other gymnosperms they possess vessel elements in the xylem
Xylem

In vascular plants, xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue, phloem being the other. The word "xylem" is derived from classical Greek language ????? , "wood", and indeed the best known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout the plant....
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Gnetum is a genus of about 30-35 species of gymnosperm
Gymnosperm

Gymnosperm is a group of spermatophyte seed-bearing plants with ovules on scales, which are usually arranged in cone-like structures. The other major group of seed-bearing plants, the angiosperms, [from the Greek, 'angion' - container] have ovules enclosed in a carpel, a sporophyll with fused margins....
s, the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae and order Gnetales. They are tropical evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s, shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s and liana
Liana

The liana is any of various long-stemmed, usually woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in order to get access to well-lit areas of the forest....
s. Unlike other gymnosperms they possess vessel elements in the xylem
Xylem

In vascular plants, xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue, phloem being the other. The word "xylem" is derived from classical Greek language ????? , "wood", and indeed the best known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout the plant....
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Species

  • Gnetum sect. Gnetum
    • Gnetum subsect. Gnetum - 2 species of trees; southeast Asia
      Asia

      Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
      • Gnetum gnemon
        Gnetum gnemon

        Gnetum gnemon is a species of Gnetum native to southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean islands, from Assam south and east through Indonesia and Malaysia to the Philippines and Fiji....
      • Gnetum costatum
    • Gnetum subsect. Micrognemones - 2 species of lianas; tropical west Africa
      Africa

      Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
      • Gnetum africanum
        Gnetum africanum

        Gnetum africanum is a popular vegetable collected in the wild throughout tropical Africa.A common way of preparation is to cut it into small strips, then steam or boil, and mix with palm or peanut butter....
      • Gnetum buchholzianum
    • Gnetum subsect. Araeognemones - 9 species of lianas; tropical South America
      South America

      South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
       and Central America
      Central America

      Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
       - Ituá
      • Gnetum amazonicum
      • Gnetum camporum
      • Gnetum leyboldii
      • Gnetum nodiflorum
      • Gnetum paniculatum
      • Gnetum schwackeanum
      • Gnetum urens
      • Gnetum venosum
  • Gnetum sect. Scandentia - about 20 species of lianas; southern Asia
    • Gnetum subsect. Stipitati
      • Gnetum arboreum
      • Gnetum contractum
      • Gnetum gracilipes
      • Gnetum latifolium
      • Gnetum montanum
      • Gnetum oblongum
      • Gnetum pendulum
      • Gnetum tenuifolium
      • Gnetum ula
    • Gnetum subsect. Sessiles
      • Gnetum acutum
      • Gnetum bosavicum
      • Gnetum cleistostachyum
      • Gnetum cuspidatum
      • Gnetum diminutum
      • Gnetum globosum
      • Gnetum gnemonoides
      • Gnetum hainanense
      • Gnetum klossii
      • Gnetum leptostachyum
      • Gnetum loerzingii
      • Gnetum luofuense
      • Gnetum macrostachyum
      • Gnetum microcarpum
      • Gnetum neglectum
      • Gnetum oxycarpum
      • Gnetum parvifolium
      • Gnetum raya
      • Gnetum ridleyi


Uses

Many Gnetum species are edible, with the seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
s being roasted, and the foliage used as a leaf vegetable
Leaf vegetable

Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaf eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender Petiole s and shoots....
. Some are also valued in herbal medicine.

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