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Hoya
wax flower
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Botanical details
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Hoya
- Genus description
Hoya are evergreen perennials, often twining climbers, with simple, leathery leaves and often fragrant flowers with 5 spreading waxy petals, followed by slender, spindle-shaped pods contained small seeds in copious silky floss
- Name status
Correct
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