372 WILD FOOD PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



OCHROSIA OPPOSITIFOLIA (Lam.) K. Sch. Ginlin. 



Local name: Ginlin (Basilan). 



The fruit contains an edible seed. 



Ochrosia oppositifolia is a fairly large tree. The leaves are 

 thick, pointed at the base, and abruptly pointed at the tip. 



This species has been reported only from Mindanao and 

 Basilan. 



Family ASCLEPIADACEAE 



Genus TELOSMA 

 TELOSMA PROCUMBENS (Blanco) Merr. 



Local names: Dukep (Union); latok (Bataan). 



The immature fruits are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. 



Telosma prociimbens is a somewhat woody vine with slender, 

 rounded, slightly hairy branches. The leaves are 8 to 13 cen- 

 timeters long and 3 to 8 centimeters wide, thin, slightly hairy 

 on the lower veins, pointed at the tip ; the base rounded, straight 

 or slightly heart-shaped. The flowers are greenish yellow, odor- 

 less, and about 1.5 centimeters in length. The fruits are about 

 15 centimeters long and contain flat seeds which have many 

 soft, white hairs. 



This species is widely distributed in thickets at low altitudes 

 from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao. 



Family CONVOLVULACEAE 



Genus IPOMOEA 

 IPOMOEA REPTANS Poir. Kangkong. 



Local names: Baldngbg (Abra, Ilocos Sur) ; galatgdt (Ilocos Norte) ; 

 kangkong (Pangasinan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, Rizal, Manila, La- 

 guna, Tayabas, Camarines, Albay, N. Mindoro) ; tangkorig (Cagayan, S. 

 Mindoro, Leyte, Cuyo Islands, Cotabato) ; tangkung (Zamboanga). 



The young leaves and stems are boiled and eaten as a vegetable. 

 They have a slightly purgative eff'ect. 



Ipomoea reptans is a smooth vine trailing on mud or floating 

 on stagnant pools. The leaves have long petioles, are 7 to 14 

 centimeters in length, with a pointed tip, and a heart- or arrow- 

 shaped base. The corolla is purple and white, about 5 centi- 

 meters long, and about 5 centimeters in diameter. The capsules 

 are ovoid and about 5 centimeters in length. 



This species is common and widely distributed throughout 

 the Philippines. 



