via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > H <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/h> > *Hoya wightii* Hook.f. ... (*family*: Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae) [image: Hoya wightii Hook.f.]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5780277894/>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pendulous%20Wax%20Flower.html> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Hoya%20wightii> [image: more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Hoyawightii&m=tags&z=m> [image: more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Hoyawightii&format=kml_nl> *HOY-a* -- named for Thomas Hoy, botanist and head gardener for the Duke of Horthumberland ... Dave's Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Hoya> *WIGHT-ee-eye* -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=wightii> *commonly known as*: porcelain flower<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/porcelain-flower>, wax plant<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/wax-plant>, Wight's hoya<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/wight-s-hoya>• *Marathi*: अंबरी ambari<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/ambari-ambari>, दुधवेल dudh-vel<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/dudhavela-dudh-vel> *botanical names*: *Hoya wightii* Hook.f. is an unresolved name ... ... * synonyms*: no synonym known ... The Plants List<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2854525> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra ... 28 MAY 11 ... more views on *flickr*<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DHoyawightii%26w%3D91314344%2540N00%26m%3Dtags&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzemb5l64TwjWoJf-7L5T4ISf3lvmw> . Regards. Dinesh
