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
WIGHT-ee-eye -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... 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

• Flowers of India ... (accessed: March 9, 2023)

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

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) ... (downloaded: Oct 4, 2020)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

दुधवेल dudhvel

• (●) V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
• (●) Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. ... (downloaded: 21 Sept 2020)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan

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

നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha

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

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

अंबरी ambari (variant: आंब्री ambri)

• 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
• The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा ... (downloaded: Sep 5, 2020)
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Vol II (1887)

दुधवेल dudhvel

• The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा ... (downloaded: Sep 5, 2020)
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Vol II (1887)

~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.08; last update Aug. 2nd, 2026. Last accessed 22/09/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).

(●) 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) ~~~~~

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

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