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Hoya

wax flower

Other common names
honey plant
porcelain flower
see morewax flower climber
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Botanical details
Family
Apocynaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Hoya

Genus description

Hoya are evergreen perennials, often twining climbers, with simple, leathery leaves and often fragrant flowers with 5 spreading waxy petals, followed by slender, spindle-shaped pods contained small seeds in copious silky floss

Name status

Correct

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