Hoya latifolia
(AP1035)
See also H. loyceandrewsiana
H. latifolia differs from H. macrophylla by having leaves 5 main veins with recurved edge.
Hoya latifolia Don. Hist. Dichl. Pl. iv 127; King, l.c. 568.
A long climbing and creeping epiphyte. Leaves very thick coriaceous, ovate or oblong-ovate acute, base round or cordate, reddish green; nerves 3 to 5 from base; 5 to 10 in. long, 3 to 10 in. long, 3 to 7 in. wide; petiole stout, .25 to .5 in. long. Petiole 6 or7, stout 2 in. long on short axillary tubercles, .25 in. long and very thick; rachis thick, 1 in. long; pedicles slender, .25 in. long. Flowers small, .35 in across, pink. Calyx minute, lobes ovate acute. Corolla rotate pubescent inside, lobes ovate. Corona-lobes membranous, column vary short. Follicle .3 in. long, .2 in. throuogh, puberulous. Hab. Common in forests epiphytic in high trees or on river banks, but not often flowering. Singapore Garden Jungle; Cluny Road; Changi, etc. (Ridley) Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Pahang, Kota Glanggi; Kota Tongkat (Evans).
In flowering branches often the leaves either fall or are not produced, making a long floriferous panicle.
Contribution to the Flora of Siam - 1912, W.G. Craib. P.395.
