Gnetum scandens

Roxb.

Keluat

Gnetaceae Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Nuts 163 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A large climber. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems have swollen nodes. The leaves are opposite and have stalks. They are simple. The flowers are of separate sexes. The male flowers are in spike like cones. These are in loose groups. The female flowers often occur singly. They can be on the stems. The fruit are red, orange or yellow. There is a fleshy coat over the seed.

Edible Uses

The fruit and seeds are eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Andaman Islands, Asia, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, SE Asia, Singapore,

Notes

There are about 28 Gnetum species. It is an unresolved name in The Plant List.

Also Known As

Apajuttili, Kaloi, Kodkamballi, Loluga tige, Luliti, Navuru katte

References (4)

Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 1110
Delang, C. O., 2007, Ecological Succession of Usable Plants in an Eleven-Year Fallow Cycle in North Lao P.D.R., Ethnobotany Research and Applications. Vol. 5:331-350
Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:518. 1832
Menninger, E.A., 1977, Edible Nuts of the World. Horticultural Books. Florida p 159