Erect, non-twining herb to 50 cm high, latex white. Leaf blade elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, leathery, flat, up to 15 cm long and 7 cm wide, green, silver flecking sometimes present, hairless; margins entire, not recurved, same colour as rest of blade; venation penninerved, with 11 or 12 lateral veins, more or less obscure; base cuneate; tip acute to acuminate. Umbel positively geotropic, convex, of 20-40 flowers in loose ball. Corolla 18-20 mm wide, yellow; lobes lanceolate-oblong, 13-15 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, strongly reflexed, hairless. Corona cream. [Centrostemma multiflora (Blume) Decne.; H. 'Shooting Star']

China, Philippines, Java, Malaysia

Erect non-twiner; corolla yellow, strongly reflexed.

Source: Forster, P.; Liddle, D.; Liddle, I. (2002). Hoya. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.