Porcelainflower
ഹോയ കാർനോസকারনোসা হয়া
Hoya carnosa (L.f.) R.Br.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- —
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Apocynaceae
Formerly Asclepias carnosa, Hoya chinensis, Hoya compacta, Hoya crassifolia, and 9 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Climbing epiphyte or lithophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. China to Laos, Japan (S. Kyushu) to TaiwanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: height, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Russian
- Восковой плющ
- Finnish
- Isoposliinikukka
- Japanese
- サクララン
- Dutch
- Grote wasbloem
- Chinese
- 毬蘭, 球兰
- Simplified Chinese
- 壁梅, 爬岩板, 狗舌藤
- Bangla
- কারনোসা হয়া
- Malayalam
- ഹോയ കാർനോസ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
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