Hoya carnosa

Flower name
Hoya carnosa
Scientific name
Hoya carnosa
Alias桜蘭, ホヤカルノーサ
Place of originJapan, China, Taiwan, and Australi
Place of floweringGreenhouse, Sub-alpine, Horticultural species, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJune, July, August, September, October

What is Hoya carnosa

Hoya carnosa, Wax vine, or Sakuraran (scientific name: Hoya carnosa) is a tropical, vine-like, evergreen, broad-leaved shrub and succulent plant native to Japan, China, Taiwan, and Australia and belonging to the genus Hoya of the family Potatoaceae. In Japan, it is distributed in forests near the coast from southern Kyushu to the Ryukyu Islands. From early summer to autumn, it produces 8 to 10 star-shaped flowers in diffuse inflorescences from the stem tips or leaf axils. The flowers are pink in bud, and when they bloom, they are white with a reddish-purple star-shaped secondary corolla in the center. The flowers are fragrant. The genus name "Hoya" is a dedication to the English horticulturist Thomas Hoy. The species name "Carnosa" means "fleshy" in Latin.

Common name: Hoya carnosa, scientific name: Hoya carnosa, English name: Wax vine, Hoya carnosa, plant kingdom: Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia, height: 30 - 100 cm, leaf shape: single leaf, oval, leaf texture: thick, leathery leaf stalk: thick leathery; inflorescence: opposite; leaf color: green; leaf margin: entire; petiole: short; flowering season: June to September; inflorescence shape: paniculate; bud color: light red; flower diameter: 2 cm; flower texture: waxy; flower color: white (buds are pink); fruit type: capsule.