Hoya noma, njengoba kuthiwa futhi, i-wax ivy ngumvini ovuthiwe womndeni we-Lastonev. Leli gama labizwa ngegama likaThomas Hoy, umlimi wase-England. Namuhla emhlabeni kukhona izinhlobo ezingaba ngu-200 zezitshalo. Endle, i-hoiyu ingatholakala eNingizimu China, eNdiya nase-Australia. Ama-creepers asakaza emithambekeni yama-stony nezihlahla zomuthi.
