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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 Northumberland at Syon House … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: pendulous wax flower • Kannada: ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli • Konkani: दुधवेल dudhvel • Malayalam: എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan, നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudhvel
Names compiled / updated at 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 Kannada name (its English transliteration) corrected … 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 ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/03/hoya-wightii-hookf.html
REVISED VERSION
Hoya wightii Hook.f. HOY-a — named for Thomas Hoy, botanist [↗] and head gardener for the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: pendulous wax flower • Kannada: ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli • Konkani: दुधवेल dudhvel • Malayalam: എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan, നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudhvel
known for / parts made use of: leaves and stems, milky sap (latex), flowers … compiled from the web botanical names: Hoya wightii Hook.f. … homotypic synonyms: Hoya pallida Dalzell & A.Gibson, nom. illeg. homonym. post. … and more at POWO, retrieved March 9, 2023 Bibliography / etymology / notes
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
pendulous wax flower
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
दुधवेल dudhvel
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan
നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
अंबरी ambari (variant: आंब्री ambri)
दुधवेल dudhvel
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic
(●) TAXONOMIC OVERLAP & MISAPPLIED NAME
While modern databases like Plants of the World Online (POWO) treat Hoya pendula strictly as a synonym of the coastal species Hoya alexicaca, colonial-era floras and certain modern regional checklists in India frequently use the name Hoya pendula in the historical sense of Robert Wight (1843). Wight’s specific concept and illustration actually represented the high-altitude forest climber later formally named Hoya wightii Hook.f.. Consequently, vernacular names recorded under H. pendula in these localized botanical contexts belong to Hoya wightii. … compiled from the web.
~~~~~ Created on: 15:18 09-03-2023 ¦ Last updated: 22:04 22-09-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/03/hoya-wightii-hookf.html
.  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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Hoya wightii
Updated on September 23, 2026