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Waxvine or Waxflower

Hoya australis

Description:

The leaves are large and oval and the flowers while blooming form a sphere together.

Habitat:

Grows in rainforest of north eastern Australia

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3 Comments

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago

Thanks so much the ID has been bugging me for a while.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

Yes this is the typical bloom structure of a Milkweed (Hoya). Check Asclepias sp. for your area.

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 11 years ago

Looks like Hoya, have a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoya

ScottHarte
Spotted by
ScottHarte

4810, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Aug 6, 2012
Submitted on Aug 6, 2012

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