Gnetum pendulum C.Y.Cheng

Vines large; bark grayish brown, lenticels conspicuous. Petiole to 1.5 cm; leaf blade narrowly oblong to oblong-ovate, 10-18 × 4-7 cm, leathery, lateral veins 8-10 on each side, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex acute to acuminate. Male inflorescences terminal, lax, branched 3 or 4 times; male spikes 5 or more, 1-1.5 cm × 3-4 mm, involucral collars each with 45-70 flowers plus 14-16 sterile female flowers, basal hairs very few, short. Female inflorescences once branched, rarely simple; female spikes with 12-21 involucral collars, each collar 1.5-2.5 cm apart in fruit, rachis 3-4 mm thick, nodes each with 10-12 female flowers. Seeds elongate-ellipsoid, 3-4 × ca. 1.8 cm, base usually attenuate into a stipe, rarely subsessile, apex obtuse or abruptly pointed, outer coat smooth or irregularly and ± longitudinally wrinkled; stipe 2-3 cm × 2-3 mm, usually curved so that seed is drooping.

It is a tropical plant.

The seeds are cooked and eaten.