6907.000 Hoya R. Br.

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Description of the genus

Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, thickly-textured, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, consisting of dense umbels. Calyx small. Corolla rotate, fleshy, deeply 5-lobed, white to pinkish. Corona of 5 fleshy lobes spreading, star-like. Follicles glabrous.

Derivation of name: After Thomas Hoy, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland at the end of the 18th century.

Worldwide: c. 70 species from Indomalesia to the Pacific

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

Insects associated with this genus:

Tirumala petiverana (Blue monarch, Dappled monarch) Larval foodplant

Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	Content
carnosa (L.f.) R. Br.	Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Hoya

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hoya
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hoya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hoya
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hoya
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hoya
JSTOR Plant Science: Hoya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hoya
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