Hoya edenii King ex Hooker

Type description:

In Flora of British India 4 (1883) 53.  J. D. Hooker. 3. H. Edeni, King in Herb Hort. Calc. Centrostemma sp., Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 7 T. Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 3-6000 ft., Hreb. Griffith, J. D. H., & c. Stem rather slender, climbing and rooting. Leaves 3-4 by 1- 1 ¾ in., elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, base acute, thinly coriaceous, puberulous or glabrate beneath; petiole 1/12 in. pubescent. Umbels terminal; peduncle ¼  - ½  in.. pedicels 1 in. Sepals small, ovate, obtuse. Corolla pubescent within; lobes ½ in. long, subacute. Coronal-processes horny, deeply grooved down the back, much exceeding the anthers. Follicles 4 in. long, slender, straight. Seeds 1/8 in. long. In Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4(2) (1895).  K. Schumann. Sect. II. Ancistrostemma Hook. fl. Blkr. Zurückgebrochen, mit schmalen Zipseln; Gynostegium sitzend; Coronzipsel am Grunde gebruckelt, oben in 2 ausrechte Spitzen vorgezogen, von denen jede in einen 2 spaltigen, eigekrümmten Haken ansgeht, H. Edenii King vom Sikkimhimalaya.

Translation: Bent backwards, with narrow ends; Gynostegium sedentary; Corona points at the base bent-back, above with  2 groves on tops, from which each one splits into 2 special curved hooks at the end, H. Edenii King from the Sikkim Himalaya.

Other literature:

In Indian Botanical Survey Record 4 (1903)  222. 595. Hoya Edeni King. Tong, 5000 ft., No. 891.

In Flora of the Eastern Himalaya (1966) 261.  H. Hara. Hoya Edeni King ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 53 (1883). Mul Pokhari Nissim, 1600-1900m. (Oct. 30, 1963, ft.); Chyangthaphu-Birwa, 1300- 2400m (Nov. 27, 1963, fr.); Birwa-Yektin. 2900-1600 m (nov. 28, 1963). Distr. E. Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim), and Manipur.

Hoya edenii King ex Hooker  ? Holotype