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Hoya wightii
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Hoya wightii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 459. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 849(597). 1923; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 285. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 179. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 299. 1994; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 66. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 251. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 452. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 533. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ellodiyan, Yellodiyan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stout pendulous epiphytes, stem terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, to 7 x 4 cm, elliptic, acuminate, base acute, thick and coriaceous; nerves 6-8 pairs, horizontal; petiole to 2 cm long. Flowers yellowish white, 1.5 cm across, in lateral pedunculate umbels; peduncles to 1 cm long, stout; pedicels 2.5 cm long. Calyx deeply lobed to the base, lobes 2.5 mm long, ovate, ciliolate. Corolla ca. 2 cm across, lobes ovate, margins revolute. Corona of 5 fleshy lobes, deep purple, 6 x 6 mm, lobes 3 mm high, subglobose, stellately radiating from the column. Follicles 6-9 x 0.6 cm, slender, oblong, slightly tapering towards the ends; seeds 4 mm long, coma to 5 cm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-1600
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Localities:
Vellimala, Uppermanalar, Chandanathode, Tirunalli, Pongalapara
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