| Scientific Name: | Hoya carnosa |
| Common Name: | wax plant |
| Family Name: | Apocynaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous |
| Form: | Climbing, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Hanging basket, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Succulent, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Pink, May-Aug, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, mostly elliptic, glossy, dark green (variegated cvs.), up to 10cm long; florets wax-like with a star-shaped crown in its center, fragrant, 10-30 per umbels (infrequently formed). | |