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Latok
Telosma procumbens
About
Telosma procumbens, also known as latok, kapas-kapas, dukep, or sabidukong, among many other names, is a species of flowering plant native to the islands of the Philippines and parts of southeastern China and Vietnam. It is a woody vine with elongated heart-shaped leaves. It bears clusters of yellowish green odorless flowers with five twisted-looking fleshy petals arranged in a star shape. These develop into spearhead-shaped fruits with four thin lengthwise ridges ("wings"). The fruit contains multiple seeds stacked in a column. Each seed has a long white feathery tail that allows it to be dispersed by the wind.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Telosma procumbens
- Slug
- telosma-procumbens
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Telosma
- Species
- procumbens
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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