Hoya carnosa (L. f.) R. Br.

sect. Hoya subsect. Hoya
Common Name: Wax Plant, Honey Plant
Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: S. China, Japan, Taiwan
Habitat: tropical & subtropical rain forest; semi-epiphytic

Description: [syn. H. Motoskei Teysm. & Binnend.]
Succulent, glabrous or puberulous shrub, with trailing or climbing stems; leaves ovate to oblong-ovate or obovate, to 3 inches long, short-acuminate; cymes umbellate, many-flowered; corolla to 5/8 inches across, lobes white, spreading, corona red.

Uses: Identified by University of Georgia as a powerful air purifying plant that is particularly good at absorbing harmful volatile organic compounds.
From Philippine Alternative Medicine

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

Accession # 198502818
Source: Unknown
Accession Date: 12-31-1985
Bench: 4107 - EPI: South Wall Rack
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: euasterid I
Order: Gentianales
SubOrder:
Family: Apocynaceae
SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Japan / Nansei-shoto / Taiwan / Vietnam / Malaya

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
Hoya carnosa at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
Hoya carnosa at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Sunday, September 03, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:12:15 -0500 [bcm v4.0]