Gardenia sokotensis Hutch.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Gardenia

Characteristics

A shrub, or small tree to 8 ft. high, with tough branchlets, glutinous on young parts
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-3 m tall.
Flowers white
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.22 - 2.72
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. It grows on dry rocky hillsides. It grows in drier savannah regions.
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On dry rocky hills in the drier savanna regions.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses animal food environmental use fuel material medicinal social use
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Gardenia sokotensis world distribution map, present in Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Chad, and Togo

Conservation status

Gardenia sokotensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:751250-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971168
COL ID 6JWFH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gardenia sokotensis