Names of Plants in India :: Hoya wightii Hook.f.

Dinesh Valke

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Hoya wightii Hook.f. ... (family: Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae)

HOY-a -- named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland ... Dave's Botanary
WIGHT-ee-eye -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight's hoya • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudh-vel

botanical names: Hoya wightii Hook.f. is an unresolved name ... ... synonyms: no synonym known ... The Plants List

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Photographed at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra ... 28 MAY 11
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Prashant Awale

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Beautiful pic. Thanks Dinesh for sharing.

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Prashant

Dinesh Valke

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Mar 9, 2023, 5:04:58 AM3/9/23

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/03/hoya-wightii-hookf.html

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Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Hoya wightii Hook.f.

HOY-a -- named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland ... Dave's Botanary
WIGHT-ee-eye -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: pendulous wax flower, porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight's hoya • Kannada: ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ pipi balli • Konkani: दुधवेल dudhvel • Malayalam: എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan, നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudhvel

botanical names: Hoya wightii Hook.f. ... homotypic synonyms: Hoya pallida Dalzell & A.Gibson, nom. illeg. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

porcelain flower, wax plant

Dave's Garden

pendulous wax flower

Flowers of India

Wight's hoya

name derived from the binomial

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ pipi balli

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

दुधवेल dudhvel

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R and Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... facebook
Kerala Plants

നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

अंबरी ambari

Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
or आंब्री ambri ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

दुधवेल dudhvel

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

ENVIS - Plants of Tamil Nadu database
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department - Plants of Tamil Nadu

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/03/hoya-wightii-hookf.html

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Dinesh

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Mar 9, 2023, 9:50:03 AM3/9/23

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Great work 👍, congratulations dear Dinesh ji,

With regards, Sam.

Mahadeswara

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Mar 9, 2023, 11:00:41 PM3/9/23

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Dear Dinesh ji,

Regarding Kannada names : ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ pipi balli . For me it looks correct English transliteration for ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ is Peepi balli .

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M.Swamy

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Sam ji.

Thanks very much, dear Mahadeswara ji, for pointing to the correct English transliteration; will revise blog notes accordingly.

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Dinesh

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Dinesh Valke

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Kannada name (its English transliteration) corrected ...

Hoya wightii Hook.f.

HOY-a -- named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland ... Dave's Botanary
WIGHT-ee-eye -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: pendulous wax flower, porcelain flower, wax plant, Wight's hoya • Kannada: ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli • Konkani: दुधवेल dudhvel • Malayalam: എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan, നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha • Marathi: अंबरी ambari, दुधवेल dudhvel

botanical names: Hoya wightii Hook.f. ... homotypic synonyms: Hoya pallida Dalzell & A.Gibson, nom. illeg. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

porcelain flower, wax plant

Dave's Garden

pendulous wax flower

Flowers of India

Wight's hoya

name derived from the binomial

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಅಂಬ್ರಿ ambri, ಪೀಪಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ peepi balli

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

दुधवेल dudhvel

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

എല്ലൊടിയൻ ellodiyan

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R and Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... facebook
Kerala Plants

നന്നാറിപച്ച nannarippacha

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

अंबरी ambari

Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
or आंब्री ambri ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

दुधवेल dudhvel

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

ENVIS - Plants of Tamil Nadu database
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department - Plants of Tamil Nadu

~~~~~ x ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/03/hoya-wightii-hookf.html

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Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 11, 2023, 12:50:58 PM3/11/23

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Truly great contribution Dinesh ji

Dinesh Valke

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Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation.
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Dinesh

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J.M. Garg

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