Telosma procumbens (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Telosma procumbens (Blanco) Merrill

Family: Asclepiadaceae

• Philippines: kapuk-kapuk (Tagalog), dugep, kapas-kapas (Ilocano), adwan di dalom.

Widely distributed but endemic in the Philippines.

Flowers and pericarp of immature fruit are eaten cooked.

• Woody climber.
• Leaf-blade ovate to oblong, 8-13 cm × 3-8 cm.
• Flowers greenish-yellow, ca. 1.5 cm long.
• Fruit a lanceolate-ovoid follicle, ca. 15 cm long; seeds with a white coma.

In thickets and secondary forest at low altitudes. Easy to cultivate. Suitable for intercropping with fruit trees, because of its twining habit.

13, 60, 61.