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5. ASCLEPIAS Linnaeus 



ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 215; Decne. in DC. 

 Prodr. 8 (1844) 566; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 485; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 133; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 18; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 127, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 188; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 120; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 377, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 314. 

 Asclepias syriaca Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 204, ed. 2 (1845) 144, ed. 

 3, 1 (1877) 261, t. 71, non Linn. 



Throughout the Philippines in the settled areas, in open waste places 

 in and about settlements, ascending to at least 1,500 m. A pantropic 

 weed of American origin. 



Local names: Anibung (Bon.); balihig (If.); bubuyan (Tag.); bulak- 

 bulakan (Tag.) ; bulak-damo (Tag.) ; bulak-kastila (Tag.) ; bukitkit 

 (Tag.) ; kapos de francia (Pang.) ; koronitas (Bik.) ; daldal (Iv.) ; kala- 

 lauan (Tag.); kambang-datu (Sub.); kamantiging ligau (Tag.); kapol- 

 kapol (Tag.); ligurias (P. Bis.); pasanglai (Bon.); punganen (Iv.) ; 

 sabsabrong ( Ilk. ) . 



6. CALOTROPIS R. Brown 



CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA (Linn.) Dryand. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 2 

 (1811) 78; Decne. in DC. Prodr. 8 (1844) 535; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 133; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 33, t. 68, f. A, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 188; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 3.15. 

 Asclepias gigantea Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 214; Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 207, ed. 2 (1845) 146, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 262, t, 258. 



Occasional in hedges, etc., about dwellings, usually or (?) always 

 planted. Introduced from tropical Asia, now pantropic in cultivation. 

 Local name: Kapal-kapal (Tag.). 



7. CYNANCHUM Linnaeus 

 CYNANCHUM LOHER! Schltr. in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 120. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna), Culion, Mindanao 

 (Zamboanga), Merrill 532, Vanoverbergh.976, B. S. 1990 Foxivorthy, 34061, 

 36924, 374-25 Ramos & Edano, -1785, 22471 Ramos, 12368 McGregor. In 

 thickets at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,200 m. Endemic. 



CYNANCHUM LUZON ICUM Schltr. in Fedde Repert. 13 (1915) 538. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Benguet, Zambales, Bulacan), Panay, Merrill 7702, 

 B. S. 5060, 33075 Ramos, 34106 Ramos & Edano, 35671 Martelino & Edano. 

 In thickets at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 



CYNANCHUM PHYSOCARPUM Schltr. in Perk. Frag. FL Philip. (1904) 

 121. 

 Cynanchum schlechterianum Warb. in Perk. 1. c. ; C. B. Rob. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 220. 



Luzon (Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines), Catanduanes, Warburg 13003, 

 13766 in herb. BeroL, B. S. 30388, 22148, 20570 Ramos, 29061 Ramos & 

 Edano. In thickets and forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



