Wax Plant

Hoya carnosa

Climberoutdoor

How to identify Wax Plant

Identify Wax Plant by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

Look for a climber habit.
Check the distinctive field mark: Classic ornamental wax plant with fragrant pink star clusters.
Confirm leaf shape: Cordate.
Confirm flower colour: Pink.
In India, compare location records such as Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Wax Plant.

Leaf shape: CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“The perennial leaves are wide oval to longitudinal oval or heart-shaped.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Characters marked “recorded” are for Wax Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.

Characters marked “recorded” are for Wax Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.

Wax plant (Hoya carnosa) is a climber in the Asclepiadaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya and 1 other states.

Locally it is stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.

Botanical family

Milkweed Family

Wax Plant belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.

The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.

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