Hoya kanyakumariana
A compact Hoya from the southern tip of the Western Ghats in Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, where it climbs over trees and rocks. It is grown for its fragrant flowers and small, neat habit, which suit a hanging pot. Wild ecological data are almost nonexistent, so the advice here comes from the regional monsoon climate and general practice for warm-growing Indian hoyas.
Where it grows wild
It is described as an epiphytic or lithophytic climber of the wet tropics, growing on trees and rock faces in the Kanniyakumari hills. We found no field notes on its forest type, exposure or microhabitat.
No elevations were found. The Kanniyakumari hills rise from near sea level to about 1,600 m, so its elevation range is unknown.
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