Hoya retusa

Hoya retusa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Hoya native to India and the eastern Himalayas.[1] It is an epiphyte.[2][3] The plant's specific epithet retusa refers to the shape, with retuse meaning it has a rounded leaf apex with a notch. It grows in a trailing habit and the foliage is succulent.[4] Hoya retusa grows in clumps with long stems hanging downwards. The leaves arise in clusters. The flowers are fragrant, star-shaped having creamy petals and red corona at center.[5]

Hoya retusa
Hoya retusa potted as a houseplant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species:
H. retusa
Binomial name
Hoya retusa
Govaerts

References
  1. "Hoya retusa Dalzell, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 294 (1852).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. The Indian Forester. R.P. Sharma. 1906.
  3. Records of the Botanical Survey of India. Office of Superintendent of Government Print., India. 1902.
  4. Wanntorp, Livia; Forster, Paul I. (2007). "Phylogenetic Relationships between Hoya and the Monotypic Genera Madangia, Absolmsia, and Micholitzia (Apocynaceae, Marsdenieae): Insights from Flower Morphology". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 94 (1): 36–55. doi:10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[36:PRBHAT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0026-6493. JSTOR 40035493. S2CID 83695201.
  5. "Hoya Retusa: Care And Propagation - Succulent Path". 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-16.

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