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Gardenia resinifera Roth

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Gardenia

Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are oblong or oval. They have a short blunt point. The leaves are 6-20 cm long and narrowly oblong. The flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. The flowers are white and have a scent. They have a long tube and then 5 oblong petals. The fruit is oblong with a hard nut. The fruit is yellow and 2-2.5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
More
Not known
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The rip fruit are eaten raw.
Uses gum material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Abdominal pain (bark), Neck pain (bark), Pain (bark), Scabies (bark), Burns (flower), Contusions (flower), Digestive system diseases (fruit), Anthelmintics (leaf), Burns (leaf), Colitis (leaf), Contusions (leaf), Fever (leaf), Liver diseases (leaf), Anthelmintics (plant exudate), Anti-infective agents (plant exudate), Anti-infective agents, local (plant exudate), Antiparasitic agents (plant exudate), Bronchitis (plant exudate), Colitis (plant exudate), Constipation (plant exudate), Diabetes mellitus (plant exudate), Dysentery (plant exudate), Dyspepsia (plant exudate), Expectorants (plant exudate), Fever (plant exudate), Flatulence (plant exudate), Neck pain (plant exudate), Pest control, biological (plant exudate), General tonic for rejuvenation (plant exudate), Skin diseases (plant exudate), Vomiting (plant exudate), Wound healing (plant exudate), Diaphoretic (plant exudate), Antiseptic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Insecticide(Veterinary) (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (unspecified), Anthelmintics (whole plant), Anti-bacterial agents (whole plant), Anti-infective agents (whole plant), Antinematodal agents (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Gardenia resinifera world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:751215-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971125
COL ID 6K8G4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Gardenia lucida Gardenia resinifera Genipa resinifera
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