Hoya melifluaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Hoya meliflua is a vine native to the Philippines. It has stiff succulent leaves with a very clean look to them with no venation. The flowers are reddish orange and have nectaries near the base of the central column from which a dark sap is produced that stains very easily. In fact, its name is derived from the word "mellis" meaning honeydew and the word "fluo" meaning flow, referring to the dark nectar of the plant that stains the flowers. The plant flowers in June in the Philippines and each flower cluster comes with 10-20 flowers. Hoya meliflua is very similar to Hoya Fraterna and is sometimes called 'the little fraterna'. The vine is common to Apayao, La Union, Rizal, Bataan, Laguna, Mindoro, Palawan, Negros, Panay, and Leyte. There is also a subspecies called Hoya meliflua ssp. fraterna that has longer, narrower leaves.