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Hoya longifolia Wall. ex Wight

string-bean-plant

Native records: 9 botanical areas

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, 6 more areas

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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 longifolia

A climbing epiphyte / lithophyte of subtropical climates. Native to India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand.

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

Distribution areas

  • Bhutan

    • East HimalayaNative

  • China

    • China South-CentralNative

  • India

    • AssamNative
    • East HimalayaNative
    • IndiaNative
    • Nicobar Is.Native
    • West HimalayaNative

  • Myanmar

    • MyanmarNative

  • Nepal

    • NepalNative

  • Thailand

    • ThailandNative

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
  • Af Tropical, rainforest
  • ET Polar, tundra
  • Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
  • Am Tropical, monsoon
  • BSh Arid, steppe, hot
  • Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
  • Dwb Cold, dry winter, warm summer

The same climate occurs in 200 areas worldwide, 191 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).

Other names

string-bean-plant

Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Hoya

Other species in Hoya

Sources

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

    Bhutan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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

    China · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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

    India · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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

    Myanmar · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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

    Nepal · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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

    Thailand · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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