類型 Type：蔓藤Vine
中文名 Chinese name：毬蘭
英名 English name：Wax plant
科別 Family name：夾竹桃科Apocynaceae
屬別 Genus name：毬蘭屬Hoya
特有種 Endemic species：否No/N
學名 Scientific Name：Hoya carnosa (L.f.) R.Br.
簡介 Description
附生的常綠藤本，莖綠色肉質，常以氣根攀附於樹幹或岩石上。單葉對生，心形至卵狀長橢圓形，革質或肉質。花白色，中心呈紅或粉紅色，繖形花序球狀開展。紡錘形骨葖果。夜間授粉的植物，在園藝上廣為使用。
Evergreen climbing epiphyte with green fleshy stems, often grows on tree trunks or rocks with its aerial roots. Simple leaves are oppositely arranged, cordate to longitudinal oval, coriaceous or fleshy. It produces spherical umbels of white flowers with a smaller, white star-shaped center which is red or pink in the middle, and the fusiform follicle fruits. A species relies on nocturnal pollinators for fertilization and is widely used in horticulture.
