Hoya lacunosa (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Hoya lacunosa Blume
- Protologue: Bijdr. fl. Ned. Ind. 16: 1063 (1827).
Vernacular names
- Thailand: nom mia (Chiang Mai).
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java and Borneo; introduced to China.
Uses
In China a decoction of whole plants is applied to insect stings and swellings.
Observations
A subshrub with twining branches; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, up to 5 cm × 3 cm, thick-fleshy, petiole up to 1.2 cm long; flowers 6-7 mm in diameter, corolla white with violet dots, tube conspicuously white villous inside, lobes with decurved tops; follicle lanceolate, 5-7 cm long. H. lacunosa is an epiphyte on trees, and often occurs in secondary forest, but also on wayside trees, up to 1200 m altitude.
Selected sources
62, 789, 1013.
Main genus page
Authors
Muhammad Mansur