Gardenia nitida Hook.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Gardenia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows about 4 m high. The leaves are broadly oval. The flowers are long and white and occur singly.
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Flowers white, turning yellow, fragrant, lasting only a day
A glabrous shrub or small tree, to 12 ft. high
Sometimes planted, in villages.
Branchlets ashen-grey
Fruits ashen-grey
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.66
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows as an under-shrub in closed forests.
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In drier types of forest
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food medicinal social use
Edible fruits
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Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Gardenia nitida world distribution map, present in Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Gardenia nitida threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:751152-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971060
COL ID 6JWV5
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Synonyms

Gardenia assimilis Gardenia nitida Gardenia fragrantissima Gardenia lane-poolei