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Gardenia volkensii
spatulifolia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Chivero, nr lake
Photo: Rob Burrett
Garden, Sims Rd, Mt Pleasant, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Chivero, nr lake
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| Synonyms: |
Gardenia spatulifolia Stapf & Hutch. |
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| Common names: | Common gardenia (E) Transvaal gardenia (E) | |
| Frequency: | Common | |
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Usually a small, densely-branched deciduous tree. Leaves in whorls of 3 on short, rigid side branchlets, which look almost like blunt spines. Flowers solitary at the ends of the branchlets, white and showy but short lived, turning yellow when fading. Fruit greyish to pale brown, ellipsoid to almost spherical with shallow ribs and often covered in small wart-like lenticels. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | volkensii: after G. Volkens who collected on Mt Kilimanjaro 1892, 1893 and 1894 | |
| Habitat: | On sandy soils in open deciduous woodland, riverine bush and on floodplains, often associated with termite mounds. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1510 m | |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Dec | |
| Worldwide distribution: | ||
| Zimbabwe distribution: | NWCES | |
| Growth form: | ST | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
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| Endemic status: | ||
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 20 December 2005 |
Other sources of information about Gardenia volkensii:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Gardenia volkensii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Gardenia volkensii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Gardenia volkensii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gardenia volkensii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gardenia volkensii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gardenia volkensii
West African Plants database: Gardenia volkensii
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