Pan India Bouquets

Hoya lanceolata Wall. ex D.Don

Family : Asclepiadaceae
(Milkweed Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hoya lanceolata Wall. ex D.Don
Common name : Lanceleaf Wax Flower
Vernacular name : Hnah-chhah (Mizo); Kurkure jhar (Nepali)
Habit : Tree-dwelling shrub
Habitat : On trees and rock-faces in subtropical forest; 300 - 2000 m. altitude
Key identification features : Leaves lanceolate (sometimes widely so) to lanceolate-elliptic, acute to acuminate, less than 6cm long; staminal coronal scales crimson or white
Flower, Fruit : May-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Kalimpong district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 174; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 717
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Hoya lanceolata. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.