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Hoya diversifolia

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Blume

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Lin Khwai (Thailand)
• Amutung (Philippines)
• Akar Sesudu Bukit (Malaysia)
• Akar Chapang Kra (Malaysia)
• Ya xian qiu lan (Pinyin)
• Crinkled Curl

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Hainan - China
• Andaman Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore
• Kedah
• Malacca
• Negri-Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest
• montane rainforest
• lowland forest
• woodland
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• All year (Indonesia)
• May-Nov (China)

Fruiting Times

Glabrescent twining epiphytic shrub with grey-white older stems. Glabrous fleshy mucronate leaves 130mm x 60mm. Extra-axillary 50mm diameter pseudumbels to 5-20 fragrant flowers of cream or greenish-white flowers with pink centres or all pink, downy inside corolla, yellow-green calyx strigose outside, to 13mm diameter, pubescent on upper surface, white lobes with peach markings, 3mm x 3.5mm, peach-coloured corona lobes to 7mm x 2mm. Follicles to 150mm long x 23mm,

Further References

• Thai F.
• JDH
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• FS
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• GBS
• FOC
• NYBG
• Novon
• Kew
• IFV