Hoya longifolia Wall. ex Wight

 
  • 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 longifolia Wall. ex Wight
  • Habit : Epiphytic shrub
  • Habitat : On trees and sometimes rocks in mixed forest; 450 - 2000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Frequent in dense forest.
  • Key identification features : Leaves distinctly oblanceolate, acuminate, more than 6cm long; staminal coronal scales white
  • Flower, Fruit : May-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan)
  • 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: 716-717
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 169
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hoya longifolia. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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