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Gnetum urens
Gnetum urens is a vine native to northern South America. Its common name is bell bird's heart. There are no major economic uses of G. urens. While it has had several names, the accepted scientific name is G. urens (Aubl.) Blume as published in 1834.
It occupies river valleys, river basins, and black water swamps in northern Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its seeds are distributed during the flood season by Doradid catfish.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gnetum urens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
