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Wax Plant
Hoya carnosa
17.0613, -96.721
Field Notes
Description:
A vine with hardened oval leaves and balls of flowers with soft fuzzy petals and hard waxy interiors. The buds (6th picture) are pink and also very hard and waxy. A member of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae).
Habitat:
This vine has been growing for 30 years on a wrought iron fence in a garden in the City of Oaxaca, Oaxaca. It flowers almost all year.
Reference Links:
Hoya carnosa
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 7, 2013
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