Gnetaceae

Buko

Gnetum gnemon L.

Family: Gnetaceae
Genus: Gnetum

Buko (Gnetum gnemon) — LeavesPhoto: Ian Cowie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)

Arabic: جنيتم جنيمون
arz: جنيتوم جنيمون
bjn: Balinju
Chinese: 灌状买麻藤, 灌狀買麻藤, 显轴买麻藤, 倪藤
Czech: Liánovec jedlý
Dutch: Melindjoe, Melinjo
English: Buko, Spanish joint-fir, Bago, Belinjo, Gnetum, Joint fir, Melinjo, Two leaf
Filipino: Bago
Finnish: Malesianluumio
Indonesian: Melinjo, Belinjo, Mlinjo
Japanese: グネモン, グネツム
Javanese: Mlinjo, So
Malay: Pokok Belinjau, Meminjau
min: Baguak
Persian: ملینجو
Russian: Гнетум гнемон, Мелинжо
Sundanese: Tangkil
Swedish: Gnetum
Thai: ผักเหมียง
Tongan: Sukau
Vietnamese: Rau bép

Synonyms

Gnetum silvestris Brongn.

Photos

LeavesPhoto: Ian Cowie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: gbohne from Berlin, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bibem jala, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hervé Rey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.