Melinjo

Gnetum gnemonAlso called gnetum, joint fir, two leaf and belinjo

Melinjo is a seed. Cooks use it raw, boiled, simmered, or roasted.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Nuts & seeds
Part used: Seed
Family: Gnetaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 3 in the catalogue

Photo: Omar hoftun · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use melinjo

Typical ways to cook or use it

Boil simmer
Raw
Roast

Shopping

Choosing and storing melinjo

In season · Indonesia

Janout of season
Febout of season
Marin season
Aprin season
Mayout of season
Junin season
Julin season
Augout of season
Sepin season
Octin season
Novout of season
Decout of season

In seasonPeak

In season · Philippines

Janout of season
Febout of season
Marout of season
Aprout of season
Mayout of season
Junin season
Julin season
Augin season
Sepin season
Octout of season
Novout of season
Decout of season

In seasonPeak

Around the world

Where melinjo is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use melinjo. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia3

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 3

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list melinjo among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: India, Philippines, South-eastern Asia

On the table

Dishes made with melinjo

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Kuwah Pliëk U
Indonesia
Soto Betawi
Indonesia
Gudeg
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include melinjo.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: melinjo in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What melinjo is called

Names in 46 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Gnetum gnemon
French
Gnetum gnemon
Italian
Gnetum gnemon
Portuguese
Gnetum gnemon
German
Gnetum gnemon
Dutch
melindjoe · Gnetum gnemon · Melinjo
Russian
Гнетум гнемон · Gnetum gnemon · Мелинжо
Polish
Gnetum gnemon
Arabic
جنيتم جنيمون
Persian
ملینجو
Chinese
灌状买麻藤 · 显轴买麻藤 · 倪藤
Japanese
グネモン · グネツム

Show all 46 languages

Albanian
Gnetum gnemon
Aragonese
Gnetum gnemon
Asturian
Gnetum gnemon
Banjar
Balinju
Basque
Gnetum gnemon
Brazilian Portuguese
Gnetum gnemon
Bulgarian
Gnetum gnemon
Catalan
Gnetum gnemon
Cebuano
Gnetum gnemon
Czech
liánovec jedlý
Egyptian Arabic
جنيتوم جنيمون
Esperanto
Gnetum gnemon
Extremaduran
Gnetum gnemon
Finnish
malesianluumio
Galician
Gnetum gnemon
Ido
Gnetum gnemon
Indonesian
Melinjo · Gnetum gnemon · Belinjo · Mlinjo
Interlingua
Gnetum gnemon
Interlingue
Gnetum gnemon
Irish
Gnetum gnemon
Javanese
Mlinjo · So
Latin
Gnetum gnemon
Malay
Pokok Belinjau
Minangkabau
Baguak
Occitan
Gnetum gnemon
Romanian
Gnetum gnemon
Simplified Chinese (China)
灌状买麻藤
Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)
gnetum gnemon
Sundanese
Tangkil
Swedish
Gnetum gnemon
Thai
ผักเหมียง · Gnetum gnemon
Tongan
Sukau · Gnetum gnemon
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
灌狀買麻藤
Ukrainian
Gnetum gnemon
Venetian
Gnetum gnemon
Vietnamese
Rau bép · Gnetum gnemon
Volapük
Gnetum gnemon
Waray
Gnetum gnemon

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q72368

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