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Hoya alexicaca (Jacq.) Moon

Konkan wax flower

Native records: 3 botanical areas

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.

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Photograph of Hoya alexicaca

A climbing epiphyte / lithophyte of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

  • Bangladesh

    • BangladeshNative

  • India

    • IndiaNative

  • Myanmar

    • MyanmarNative

Climate of the native range

The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.

  • Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
  • Aw Tropical, savannah
  • BSh Arid, steppe, hot
  • Am Tropical, monsoon

The same climate occurs in 97 areas worldwide, 94 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map

A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).

Recorded medicinal uses

The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.

  • Hoya alexicaca is recorded as used medicinally.

    Source location: p.356, left column, line 29

    World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715

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Other names

Konkan wax flower

Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Hoya

Other species in Hoya

Sources

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Bangladesh · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    India · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Myanmar · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

Image information

  • Photograph of Hoya alexicaca

    Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakenstein (1636-1691) · Public domain · File page