Hoya retusa
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| Hoya retusa | |
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| Hoya retusa potted as a houseplant | |
Scientific 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 | |
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.
