''Hoya imbricata'' is a species of plant in the genus '' Hoya'' native to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

and the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is unusual for its large, decorative, mottled green and purple dome-shaped leaves of some in diameter, which offer shelter to ant colonies. The succulent leaves are like upturned dinner plates, convex on the outer surface and concave on the inner, hugging the tree-trunk on which the plant grows, and overlapping or imbricate in the fashion of roof tiles. While other species of ''Hoya'' and the related genus ''

Dischidia ''Dischidia'' is a genus of plants in the “dog-bane” family Apocynaceae, collectively known as the “milkweeds” (true perennial milkweeds in the ''Apocynaceae'' are found in the genus ''Asclepias''). They are epiphytes, native to tropical ...

'' grow in a similar habit, ''Hoya imbricata'' is also unusual in having only one leaf per internode.

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{{Apocynaceae-stub imbricata Hoyas of the Philippines Endemic flora of Sulawesi Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne