Hoya lanceolata Wall. ex D.Don

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hoya lanceolata Wall. ex D.Don
  • Common name : Lanceleaf Wax Flower
  • Vernacular name :
    • Hnah-chhah (Mizo)
    • Kurkure jhar (Nepali)
  • Habit : Tree-dwelling shrub
  • Habitat : On trees and rock-faces in subtropical forest; 300 - 2000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaves lanceolate (sometimes widely so) to lanceolate-elliptic, acute to acuminate, less than 6cm long; staminal coronal scales crimson or white
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Kalimpong district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 174
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 717
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 167
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hoya lanceolata. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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