Gardenia posoquerioides S. Moore

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Gardenia posoquerioides

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Gardenia posoquerioides

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Gardenia posoquerioides

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Gardenia posoquerioides

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Gardenia posoquerioides

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Gardenia posoquerioides

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

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Status: Native
Description:
Glabrous shrub or small tree, 2-6 m tall. Leaves 5-22 cm long, opposite or in whorls of 3, oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate to cuspidate at the apex; petiole 5-13 mm. Flowers terminal, solitary, 5-6-merous, borne on thick pedicels. Calyx: tube 15 mm; limb-tube 12-20 mm; lobes 2.5-6.5 cm, linear-oblong. Corolla white; tube 9-15 cm long; lobes 4-5.5 cm, broadly oblong. Anthers partly exserted. Ovary with 3 placentas. Fruits large, 4-6 cm long, glabrous, with 6 distinct corky ribs.
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Habitat: Evergreen forest understorey.
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Worldwide distribution: Eastern Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: E
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Red data list status: Vulnerable
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Images last updated: Wednesday 1 May 2013
Literature:

Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 668 - 669.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 275.

Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 168. as subsp. imperialis

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 72.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gardenia posoquerioides
African Plant Database: Gardenia posoquerioides
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gardenia posoquerioides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gardenia posoquerioides
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Gardenia posoquerioides
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iNaturalist: Gardenia posoquerioides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gardenia posoquerioides
JSTOR Plant Science: Gardenia posoquerioides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gardenia posoquerioides
Plants of the World Online: Gardenia posoquerioides
Tropicos: Gardenia posoquerioides
Wikipedia: Gardenia posoquerioides


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Gardenia posoquerioides.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155340, retrieved 28 March 2024

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