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Gnetum gnemon
Also called Spanish joint-fir, Belinjau, Paddy Oats
In Singapore: Belinjau, Meninjau, Bago, Gnemon Tree, Maninjau, Minjau, Songkok, Spanish Joint Fir, 灌状买麻藤 (Native to Singapore, Critically Endangered)
1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in
Gnetum gnemon is a tropical evergreen tree, a gymnosperm that looks like a flowering plant, native from NE India through Southeast Asia to the western Pacific. Its seeds and young leaves are eaten, and it needs consistently warm, humid conditions.
Gnetum gnemon is a species of Gnetum, an unusual genus of gymnosperms. Its native area spans from Mizoram and Assam in India down south through Malay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago and the Philippines in southeast Asia to the western Pacific islands. Common names include gnetum, joint fir, two leaf, melinjo/belinjo (Indonesian), bago/lumbay (Filipino), hanthu (Karbi) and tulip (Tok Pisin).
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gnetum gnemon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
