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Hoya carnosa

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Linnaeus f.) R. Brown

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental with cultivars

Common Names

• Wax Plant
• Honey Plant
• Qiu lan (Pinyin)
• Ndraumbimbi (Fiji)
• Sakura-ran (Japan)
• Flor de Cera o Porcelana (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• Fiji
• India
• Java - Indonesia
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest on rock
• montane forest
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• Apr-Dec (China)
• Jun-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Dec (China)

Epiphytic or lithophytic glabrous succulent woody evergreen radicant twining vine with warty branches, fleshy glabrous spotted leaves to 100mm x 50mm, pilose beneath. Extra-axillary pseudumbels to 80mm diameter, of 20mm fragrant waxy pinky-white flowers with red centres, corolla glabrous outside, bearded inside, pubescent sepals, follicles to 140mm x 15mm

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• Mobot
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• NYBG
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FA
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• JAA
• FOJ
• Mendoza