Description

Gnetum montanum grows in the forest at an altitude of 1600-2000 meters and is entangled in trees. It's distributed China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. G. montanum has dispel wind dehumidification, invigorate blood and disperse stasis. Stem and leaf treatment of injury, rheumatic bone pain.

Scientific classitication

Family: Gnetaceae

Genus: Gnetum

Common Name

Mai Ma Teng

Reference

Wan, T., Liu, Z. M., Li, L. F., Leitch, A. R., Leitch, I. J., Lohaus, R., ... & Wang, W. C. (2018). A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants. Nature Plants, 4(2), 82-89.