Hoya balaensis Kidyoo & Thaithong

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Scientific name

Hoya balaensis
Kidyoo & Thaithong

Clade/Class

Mesangiosperms

Group

Spermatophytes

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Hoya

Clade/Subclass

Asterids

Order

Gentianales

Sub Family

Asclepiadoideae

Tribe

_

A twining epiphyte. Leaves broadly ovate, coriaceous, base subcordate to cordate, margins narrowly revolute, apex shortly acuminate, abaxial surface with scattered papillose. Inflorescence 10–49 flowered. Calyx yellowish green, sepals ovate, apex acute, glands 5, alternating with sepals. Corolla creamy to yellowish white, inner surface papillose; corolla lobes ovate, apex acute, reflexed when in full bloom; coronal scales ovate-lanceolate; pollinia obliquely oblong.

Habitat

in moist evergreen forest, usually on trees along stream banks at about 200 m elevation.

Locality

Bala forest, Narathiwat Province

Date of collection

21/07/2004

Type specimen

M. Kidyoo 303 (holo BCU; iso L)