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3. Gnetum macrostachyum Hook.f.wfo-0000795633

Fl. Br. Ind. 5: 624, 1888; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 5: I, 1925; Markgr., Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenz. nr. 10: 484. t. 12. f. 1–7. 1930; in Fl. I. 4: 346. 1951; Léandri in Ft. Gén. I.-C. 5: 1059. 1931; Suvatabandhu, J. natn. Coun. Thailand 2: 62. 1961; Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 95. 1963. Fig. 26.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Woody climber. Leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong, coriaceous, brown when dry, 14–16 by 4–5 cm; apex cuspidate; base acute to rounded or sometimes subacute; secondary nerves curved, distinctly anastomosing; petiole ± 1 cm. ♂ Inflorescences axillary, simple, ± 5 by 0.7 cm, sporophylls very short, embedded in the villous amentum; hairs twice as long as the collar. Rudimentary ovaries obliquely ovoid, about 10 in each collar. ♀ inflorescences simple cauline, ± 9 by 1 cm, flowers globose, 8–10 in each collar. Fruits sessile, ellipsoid, 2 by 1.2 cm, surrounded basally by very king long brown hairs.

Thailand : NORTH-EASTERN: Nong Khai; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima, Surin; CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok; SOUTH-EASTERN: Trat, Chon Buri; PENINSULAR: Ranong, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Distribution : Tenasserim, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya – type).

Ecology : Mostly by streams in evergreen forests, 200–900 m alt. Flowering: January–February; fruiting: February–March.

Vernacular : Muai duk (เมื่อยดูก), muai (เมื่อย), muai (ม่วย), muai luat (ม่วยเลือด).