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| April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
| Family | Apocynaceae (also placed in Asclepiadaceae) |
| Family | Asclepiadoideae |
| Family | Marsdenieae |
| Scientific name | Hoya carnosa (L. f.) R. Brown |
| Synonyms | Asclepias carnosa L.f.; Hoya carnosa (L. f.) R. Brown var. japonica Siebold ex Maximovicz; Hoya chinensis (Loureiro) Traill; Hoya rotundifolia Siebold; Hoya picta Siebold ex Morren, non (Blume) Miguel; Hoya motoskei Teijsmann & Binnend; Hoya variegata Siebold ex Morren; Stapilia chinensis Loureiro |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) sakura-ran (サクララン, 桜蘭 [meaning: sakura orchid]) |
| (English common name) honeyplant, porcelainflower, waxplant | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, India | |
| Habitat | Forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
| Description | Leaves 5-10cm long, 3-5cm wide. Flowers pale purple, pink or white 12-15mm across, flowering in June to October. Fruits linear, 10-14cm long, 6-7mm wide. Vine. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Hoya carnosa (L. f.) R. Br. |
| Hoya carnosa (Linnaeus f.) R. Brown | |
| Hoya carnosa R. Brown 1810 | |
| Hoya carnosa | |
| Infection resistant plants and methods for their generation (WIPO Patent WO/2006/032087) | |
| Novel plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/133970) |
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| April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden |
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| June 2007 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
