Hoya pauciflora Wight

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Hoya wightiana Thwaites
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hoya pauciflora Wight
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Climbing shrubs; branches very slender, glabrous; Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, thick coriaceous; Inflorescence terminal or axillary, few- flowered umbel; Flowers white; coronal process pink.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-December
  • Collection Nos : HFP 477, HFP 643
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 170
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hoya pauciflora. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.

Botanical Description

Habitat

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World Distribution

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