Hoya carnosa R. Br.

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Duncan Road, Suburbs, Bulawayo

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Wax plant (English)
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Status:	Introduced. Doubtful as an naturalized escape.
Description:	Perennial climber, widely cultivated in green houses and tropical gardens. Stems 2-3 m long, milky sap present. Leaves opposite, rather thick and fleshy, dark green above, much paler below. Flowers in dense umbel-like axillary heads. Corolla flat, white to pink, thick and wax-like, covered in short furry papillae; corona smooth and wax-like, star-shaped, white with a red centre.
Notes:	It has been recorded from the Central Division of Zimbabwe but it is doubtful whether this concerns a truly naturalized specimen.
Derivation of specific name:	carnosa: fleshy, soft but firm
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Worldwide distribution:	S. China to Australia
Zimbabwe distribution:	C
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 14 July 2009
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. (1949). Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York. Page 816. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 21.

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Hoya carnosa

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hoya carnosa
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Hoya carnosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hoya carnosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hoya carnosa
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hoya carnosa
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hoya carnosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hoya carnosa
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Hoya carnosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hoya carnosa
Ispot Southern Africa: Hoya carnosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Hoya carnosa
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hoya carnosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hoya carnosa
The Plant List (version 1.1): Hoya carnosa
Tropicos: Hoya carnosa