Flora of Manipur: Gnetum montanum
R. Vijayasankar
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R. Vijayasankar
tanay bose
Vines to more than 10 m tall; branchlets orbicular or compressed orbicular in cross section, smooth, sometimes wrinkled longitudinally. Petiole 0.8-1.5 cm; leaf blade usually oblong, sometimes oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, 10-25 × 4-11 cm, leathery or nearly so, lateral veins 8-13 on each side, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex obtuse to acute. Male inflorescences lax, once or twice branched, 2.5-6 cm; peduncle 6-12 mm; male spikes 2-3 cm × 2.5-3 mm, involucral collars 13-18, each collar with (20-)25-45 flowers plus 10-15 sterile female flowers, basal hairs forming a dense, short cushion. Female inflorescences lateral, solitary or fascicled, main axis thin, with 3 or 4 pairs of branches; peduncle 2-3 cm; female spikes 2-3 cm × ca. 4 mm, enlarging to ca. 10 cm when mature, nodes each with 5-8 female flowers, basal hairs sparse, short. Seeds yellowish brown or reddish brown, cylindric-ovoid or cylindric, (1-)1.2-1.5(-2) cm × 6.5-9(-12) mm, 1.6-1.85 × as long as wide, base rounded, sometimes contracted into a stipe to 3(-5) mm, outer coat smooth or ± longitudinally wrinkled when dried, sometimes covered with silvery scales. Pollination Apr-Jun, seed maturity Aug-Oct.
The fibers from the bark of the stem are used in making gunny bags, fishing nets, and ropes; the seeds yield an edible oil, are eaten fried, and are used for making wine; the sap is used as a cold drink.
Illustration: http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=1370&flora_id=2
Tanay
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filled with very fine fibers. If you try to chew or handle you get all
the "spiny" fibers on your mouth/body. But I have seen Hornbills and
Barbets eats the fruits but no post dispersal predations is noticed so
far in my observations.
Regards
Giby
On Jul 8, 6:35 pm, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Dr. Viajayasankar ji for these wonderful pictures. Gnetum 's
> 'fruits' are all pulpy, does any other Gymnosperm have such pulpy seeds?
>
> regards,
> Rashida.
>
>
>
> > *Gnetum montanum* Markgraf, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3. 10: 406.
>
> > Vines to more than 10 m tall; branchlets orbicular or compressed
> > orbicular in cross section, smooth, sometimes wrinkled longitudinally.
> > Petiole 0.8-1.5 cm; leaf blade usually oblong, sometimes oblong-lanceolate
> > or elliptic, 10-25 × 4-11 cm, leathery or nearly so, lateral veins 8-13 on
> > each side, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex obtuse to acute. Male
> > inflorescences lax, once or twice branched, 2.5-6 cm; peduncle 6-12 mm; male
> > spikes 2-3 cm × 2.5-3 mm, involucral collars 13-18, each collar with
> > (20-)25-45 flowers plus 10-15 sterile female flowers, basal hairs forming a
> > dense, short cushion. Female inflorescences lateral, solitary or fascicled,
> > main axis thin, with 3 or 4 pairs of branches; peduncle 2-3 cm; female
> > spikes 2-3 cm × ca. 4 mm, enlarging to ca. 10 cm when mature, nodes each
> > with 5-8 female flowers, basal hairs sparse, short. Seeds yellowish brown or
> > reddish brown, cylindric-ovoid or cylindric, (1-)1.2-1.5(-2) cm × 6.5-9(-12)
> > mm, 1.6-1.85 × as long as wide, base rounded, sometimes contracted into a
> > stipe to 3(-5) mm, outer coat smooth or ± longitudinally wrinkled when
> > dried, sometimes covered with silvery scales. Pollination Apr-Jun, seed
> > maturity Aug-Oct.
>
> > The fibers from the bark of the stem are used in making gunny bags, fishing
> > nets, and ropes; the seeds yield an edible oil, are eaten fried, and are
> > used for making wine; the sap is used as a cold drink.
>
> >http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=1370&flora_id=2*
>
> > *Tanay
> > *
>
> > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:17 AM, R. Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> *Gnetum montanum *(Gnetaceae), a woody liana belinging Gymnosperm group,
> >> perhaps eaten by birds.
>
> >> With regards
>
> >> R. Vijayasankar
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