Apocynaceae
Wax plant
Hoya carnosa
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Hoya
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Common names
By language (29)
- arz
- هويا كارنوسا
- Bangla
- কারনোসা হয়া
- Chinese
- 毬蘭, 球兰, 球蘭, 壁梅, 爬岩板, 狗舌藤, 玉叠梅, 玉蝶梅
- Czech
- Hoja masitá, Voskovka masitá
- Dutch
- Grote wasbloem
- English
- Wax plant, Porcelainflower
- Finnish
- Isoposliinikukka
- Georgian
- Ცვილის სურო
- Hebrew
- בת-שבע מטפסת
- hsb
- Pyšna wóskowka
- Icelandic
- Kínavaxblóm
- Indonesian
- Pohon angin-angin, Sirih batu, Sirih dayak, Sirih raja
- Japanese
- サクララン
- Kazakh
- Балауыз ағаш
- Korean
- 호야 카르노사
- Latvian
- Gaļīgā hoija, Porcelāna puķe, Vaska puķe
- Macedonian
- Хоја
- Malayalam
- ഹോയ കാർനോസ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vanlig voksblomst
- Persian
- هویا کارنوزا
- Polish
- Hoja różowa
- Russian
- Хойя мясистая, Восковой плющ, Плющ восковой
- Serbian
- Hoja, Хоја, Воштани цвет
- Slovak
- Hoja vosková
- smn
- Stuorrâposlinkukká
- Spanish
- Flor de nacar, Flor de nácar
- Swedish
- Porslinsblomma
- Thai
- นมพิจิตร
- Vietnamese
- Cẩm cù
Synonyms
- Asclepias carnosa L.f.
- Cynanchum carnosum Decne.
- Hoya carnosa var. carnosa
- Hoya carnosa var. gushanica W.Xu
- Hoya chinensis (Lour.) Traill
- Hoya compacta C.M.Burton
- Hoya crassifolia (J.Jacq.) Haw.
- Hoya intermedia A.C.Sm.
- Hoya motoskei Teijsm. & Binn.
- Hoya rotundifolia Siebold
- Hoya skinneriana Kloppenb.
- Hoya variegata Siebold ex C.Morren
- Schollia carnosa Schrank ex Steud.
- Schollia chinensis (Lour.) J.Jacq.
- Schollia crassifolia J.Jacq.
- Stapelia chinensis Lour.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.