Hoya carnosa White (绿叶球兰-白花)
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Succulent, glabrous or puberulous shrub, with trailing or climbing stems; leaves ovate to oblong-ovate or obovate, to 3 inches long, short-acuminate; cymes umbellate, many-flowered; corolla to 5/8 inches across, lobes white, spreading, corona red.
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Hoya carnosa (L.f.) R.Br.COMMON NAME
Wax Plant, Wax Flower, Porcelain Flower
CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Division Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) Plant Growth Form Shrub (Trailing) Lifespan (in Singapore) Perennial PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION
Light Preference Semi-Shade Water Preference Little Water Propagation Method Seed, Stem Cutting, Air-Layering USES
Identified by University of Georgia as a powerful air purifying plant that is particularly good at absorbing harmful volatile organic compounds.
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