gnetum

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Noun1.gnetum - small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour
genus Gnetum - type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones
gymnospermous tree - any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta
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Serve hot garnished with prawn (for variation 1) or cold garnished with fermented oil bean seed (Pentaclethra macrophylla) and garden egg leaves or ukazi leaves (Gnetum africanum) (for variation 3).
In Igbo land it is called "Ukazi" or "Ukasi" while Efik call it afang.
/ Ukazi [= Ukasi] Hill at: / 00[degrees]49.028'S 38[degrees]32.535'E / 29.xi- 1.xii.2010, 720 m / A.H.