Gnetum scandens

Roxb.

Keluat

GnetaceaeFruitSeeds/Nuts

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds, Fruit, Nuts

The fruit and seeds are eaten.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant.

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

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

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.

Notes

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

Names & Synonyms

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

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