Mazhar Botanic Garden

Hoya carnosa Compacta

Wax plant

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hoya
Species: carnosa
Cultivar / variety: Compacta
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000472
Common name: Wax plant
English name: Kringle Kurl, Hindu rope
Arabic name: هويا مقزمة
Native: India
Country: India
(PGR): Rare

Hoya Carnosa Krinkle Kurl, also know as The Hindu Rope Plant, Hoya Compacta, is a very interesting hanging or vining plant, its leaves curl forming a rope like effect, is a very distinct feature only seen in the Hoya rope variety, The rope plant is really a mutation of the Wax Plant, known for its thick waxy leaves, this variety is not variegated, its waxy leaves are dark green on the outside and light mate green on the inside of the leaves

Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time:
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Succulent
Sample Type: Cultivar
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Cultivation Evergreen

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