凹叶球兰 Hoya kerrii

  • Scientific Name: Hoya kerrii Craib
  • Ref: Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911:418. 1911
  • Synonym: Hoya obovata var. kerrii (Craib) Costantin
  • English Common Name: lucky-heart
  • Chinese Common Name: 凹叶球兰 āoyè qiúlán, 心叶球兰 xīnyè qiúlán
  • Japanese Common Name: シャムサクララン [シャム桜蘭] shamusakuraran
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • Genus: Hoya
  • Distribution: Cultivated in S Guangdong [Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam]
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Stems stout, to 1 m, glabrous. Petiole 0.5-2 cm, robust; leaf blade obovate to orbicular, 4-6 × 5-6 cm, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margin revolute, apex retuse, sinus to 1 cm wide, glabrous; lateral veins obscure. Pseudumbels 4-5 cm in diam.; peduncle 2-3 cm. Pedicel 1.3-1.8 cm, slender, puberulent. Sepals ca. 2.5 mm, puberulent. Corolla papillate-puberulent, reflexed; lobes ovate-triangular, 4-5 × ca. 4 mm. Corona lobes reddish, furrowed on back, outer angle rounded, apical part concave, ca. 2.5 mm. 2n = 22. (Flora of China)

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