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Hoya longifolia

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Wallich ex Wight

Propagation

C.L.S.

Common Names

• String Bean Plant
• Chang ye qiu lan (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Yunnan - China
• Assam
• Kashmir
• Nicobar Islands
• Sikkim - India
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Singapore
• S. Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

Epiphytic or lithophytic glabrous stem climbing twining shrub with extra axillary pseudumbels of 40mm diameter scented white or pink flowers with reddish centres, corolla downy inside, 300mm long x 8mm follicles, fleshy leaves

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• JDH
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• USNH
• Botanicus
• Kew