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Wax Plant
Wax Plant
Hoya carnosa
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Eastern Asia
Movement
Climbing
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

A popular trailing houseplant prized for its thick, glossy leaves and tight clusters of up to 40 waxy, star-shaped flowers that drip fragrant nectar. Native to East and Southeast Asia, it clings to surfaces with aerial roots and can live for decades indoors.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Hoya
Species
Hoya carnosa