Hoya carnosa (L.f.) R. Br.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Duncan Road, Suburbs, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Duncan Road, Suburbs, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Duncan Road, Suburbs, Bulawayo
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Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Wax plant (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Introduced. Doubtful as a naturalised escape. |
Description:
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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:
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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:
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carnosa: fleshy, soft but firm |
Habitat:
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Worldwide distribution:
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Southern China to Japan and Taiwan. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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C |
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Tuesday 14 July 2009 |
Literature:
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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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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Hoya carnosa. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147040, retrieved 17 August 2022
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