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Hoya is an Asclepiad genus of 200â300 species of tropical plants in the family Apocynaceae (Dogbane). Most are native to Asia including India, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Viá»t Nam, and Indonesia, There is a great diversity of species in the Philippines, and species in Polynesia, New Guinea, and Australia. Common names for this genus are waxplant, waxvine, waxflower or simply hoya.
Wax or Hoya plants (Hoya spp.) produce umbels of small, waxy-looking, star-shaped flowers which are often quite fragrant. An umbel is a rounded cluster of flowers. The flowers can be pink, white, purple, brown or even red, depending on the species and cultivar. They do not bloom easily, however.