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Gardenia ternifolia
jovis-tonantis
goetzei
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| Synonyms: |
Gardenia asperula Stapf & Hutch. Gardenia goetzei Stapf & Hutch. Gardenia jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Hiern |
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| Common names: | Mutara (S) Mutarara (S) Mutarura (S) Powder-bark gardenia (E) Umvalasangwana (N) Wild gardenia (E) | |
| Frequency: | Common | |
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Shrub or small, spreading tree. Leaves in whorls of 3 on short, rigid side branchlets, oblanceolate to obovate, roughly hairy on both surfaces; hair-tuft domatia present. Flowers solitary at the ends of the branchlets, white, turning yellow when fading, sweetly scented. Fruit ovoid, 5 × 3.5 cm, velvety, yellowish brown, crowned with the remains of the calyx. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | ternifolia: leaves in threes; jovis-tonantis: "Jupiter the Thunderer", meaning obscure; goetzei: after W. Goetze, German Botanist and collector in Tanzania | |
| Habitat: | In wooded grassland, on kopjes, and along streams and vleis, often on termite mounds. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | ||
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Limpopo, S Africa to Kenya and West Africa | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | NCES | |
| Growth form: | ST | |
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| Endemic status: | ||
| Red data list status: | ||
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 7 October 2007 |
Other sources of information about Gardenia ternifolia:
Flora of Mozambique: Gardenia ternifoliaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Gardenia ternifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Gardenia ternifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Gardenia ternifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gardenia ternifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gardenia ternifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gardenia ternifolia
West African Plants database: Gardenia ternifolia
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