Gardenia thunbergia Thunb.

Thunberg's gardenia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Gardenia

Characteristics

Small tree, 3-7 m high. Leaves whorls of 3, elliptic, up to 130 x 70 mm, glabrous, base narrowing into petioles up to 30 mm long, apex acuminate; domatia present. Flowers solitary, pedicel up to 20 mm long. Calyx: tube with one lobe split partly to base on one side, with 5 small, apical appendages. Corolla white, lobes 8 or 9, elliptic-deltoid, contorted; tube cylindric, up to 120 mm long. Stamens 8 or 9, in mouth of corolla tube. Ovary 1-locular. Flowering time Dec.-Mar. Fruit grey, ovoid, up to 70 x 45 mm, woody. Seeds many, embedded in pulp.
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Grey-stemmed shrub, 2-5 m. Leaves opposite, obovate. Flowers solitary, terminal, hypocrateriform, white, fragrant.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.25 - 5.25
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Environment

Evergreen forest and forest margin, occasionally in woodland and bushveld.
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison timber wood
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Therapeutic use Constipation (unspecified), Lye (unspecified), Soap (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Minimum temperature (C°) -1
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Images

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Gardenia thunbergia unspecified picture

Distribution

Gardenia thunbergia world distribution map, present in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:751291-1
WFO ID wfo-0000971218
COL ID 6JWH3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Warneria thunbergia Gardenia speciosa Gardenia thunbergia Gardenia verticillata Caquepiria bergkia Gardenia macrocarpa Gardenia medicinalis Gardenia appendiculata Gardenia crassicaulis Genipa thunbergia