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: 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