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: 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

• Dave's Garden

pendulous wax flower

• Flowers of India

Wight's hoya

• name derived from the binomial

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli

• Many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with these names ... efloraofindia
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

दुधवेल dudhvel

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R and Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... facebook
• Kerala Plants

നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

अंबरी ambari

• Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
• or आंब्री ambri ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

दुधवेल dudhvel

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• ENVIS - Plants of Tamil Nadu database
• The Tamil Nadu Forest Department - Plants of Tamil Nadu

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Asclepiadaceae Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae endemic perennial herbaceous epiphyte climber Hoya "Hoya wightii" "pendulous wax flower" "porcelain flower" "wax plant" "Wight's hoya"