Hoya ovalifolia Wight & Arn.

 
  • 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 ovalifolia Wight & Arn.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : November-May
  • Collection Nos : Stevens 501, CJS 12622
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Udupi district, Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hoya ovalifolia. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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