Hoya wightii Hook. f. in FBI 4 : 59, 1883 ; C. 2 : 234 ; T. 2 : 258 ; G. 2: 597. H. pendula Wt. & Ann. in Wt. Contrib. 36, 1834 p.p. excl. syn., non Wt. Ic. t 474 ; DG. 124 ; S. 138 as per Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli – Volume 2 – Page 264 ; . Hoya pendula Wight & Arn. (Unresolved), Contr. Bot. India 36 1834. (Syn: Asclepias alexicaca Jacq.; Asclepias pendula Roxb.; Hoya pallida Dalzell & A.Gibson (Unresolved); Hoya wightii Hook.f. (Unresolved)) as per The Plant List ; . HOY-a — named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland … ‡ WIGHT-ee-eye — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India …Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: pendulous wax flower, porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight’s hoya • Kannada: ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli • Konkani: दुधवेल dudhvel • Malayalam: എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan, നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudhvel Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/03/hoya-wightii-hookf.html . Endemic to: peninsular India . Stout pendulous epiphytes, stem terete, glabrous. Leaves to 7 x 4 cm, elliptic, acuminate, base acute, thick and coriaceous; nerves 6-8 pairs, horizontal; petiole to 2 cm long. Flowers yellowish white, 1.5 cm across, many together; peduncles to 1 cm long, stout; pedicels 2.5 cm long; sepals 2.5 mm long, ovate, ciliolate; corolla lobes ovate, margins revolute; corona deep purple, 6 x 6 mm, lobes 3 mm high, subglobose. Flowering and fruiting: March-April Evergreen forests Southern Western Ghats (endemic) (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) .      TSPOCT2015-36:Images of Hoya wightii (Apocynaceae) shared : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) It is my pleasure to share a few images of Hoya wightii (Apocynaceae) said to be endemic to Peninsular India. Habit: Epiphytic, shrub Habitat: Evergreen forest Sighting: Sakaleshpur, Hassan, Karnataka, about 1200 msl Date: 17-08-2015 Please help me in distinguishing this species from the closely related Hoya ovalifolia Wight & Arn., occurring in the same area and having leaf-margins not recurved and the corona lobes concave above. Please compare it with Hoya ovalifolia which seems more probable for the above mentioned characters. efi page on Hoya wightii & no page as yet on Hoya ovalifolia
Names of Plants in India :: Hoya wightii Hook.f.:   HOY-a — named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland … Dave’s Botanary WIGHT-ee-eye — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight’s hoya • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudh-vel botanical names: Hoya wightii Hook.f. is an unresolved name … … synonyms: no synonym known … The Plants List ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra … 28 MAY 11 … more views on flickr. HOY-a — named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland … Dave’s Botanary WIGHT-ee-eye — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: pendulous wax flower, porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight’s hoya • Kannada: ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli • Konkani: दुधवेल dudhvel • Malayalam: എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan, നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudhvel botanical names: Hoya wightii Hook.f. … homotypic synonyms: Hoya pallida Dalzell & A.Gibson, nom. illeg. … POWO Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ porcelain flower, wax plant pendulous wax flower Wight’s hoya
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ दुधवेल dudhvel
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan
നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ अंबरी ambari
दुधवेल dudhvel
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ no given name / no name found
~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Regarding Kannada names: ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ pipi balli. For me it looks correct. English transliteration for ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ is Peepi balli .  Apocynaceae: Hoya wightii Hook.fil.: 1 image. location/date: Thirthahalli, Shimoga Distr., Karnataka, July 1997 .      Hoya wightii at Kudremukh region Karnataka: 5 images. Hoya wightii at Kudremukh region Karnataka. Family: Apocynaceae
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