Hoya serpens Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Hoya

Characteristics

Vine. Leaves with petiole to 4 mm long; lamina suborbicular, to 15 mm long, to 12 mm wide, rounded at base, rounded to acute at apex, papillose on both surfaces; venation obscurely subparallel; colleters absent. Inflorescence umbelliform. Flowers 15–16 mm diam.; pedicels unequal, 19–20 mm long. Corolla campanulate, fleshy, white; lobes c. 5 mm long, 5 mm wide, acute, recurved at margins, with dense white indumentum on upper surface, glabrous below. Staminal corona lobes ellipsoidal, ends incurved, 3.3–3.5 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, white. Pollinia with pellucid margins. Follicles not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form subshrub
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Grows in rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Images

Hoya serpens unspecified picture

Distribution

Hoya serpens world distribution map, present in Australia, Bhutan, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:98692-1
WFO ID wfo-0000725523
COL ID 3MS3J
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Synonyms

Hoya serpens