Hoya pubicalyx Merr. is a plant in the Apocynaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Hoya pubicalyx Merr.

Hoya pubicalyx Merr.

Hoya pubicalyx Merr. is a vining epiphytic plant, grown as a houseplant, featured on the Philippine five-centavo coin.

Family
Genus
Hoya
Order
Gentianales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Hoya pubicalyx Merr.

Hoya pubicalyx Merr. is sometimes mistaken for Hoya carnosa. It has succulent, lance-shaped leaves and grows as a vining epiphyte. It is cultivated as a houseplant in temperate climates, and variegated varieties are available from nurseries. The flowers of this plant appear on the Philippine five-centavo coin of the New Generation Currency Series.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Apocynaceae Hoya

More from Apocynaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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