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Gnetum latifolium is an evergreen climbing vine in the Gnetaceae family, found across South and Southeast Asia into Papuasia, with several recognised varieties. Its key growing need is a warm, wet tropical climate with steady moisture.
Gnetum latifolium is an evergreen plant in the family Gnetaceae with a broad distribution across South East Asia. Although some of its habitat is threatened by logging and forest conversion to crops, its broad distribution afforded it an assessment of "least concern" according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Several varieties are accepted:
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gnetum latifolium 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.
