Gardenia thunbergia

Common name: wildekatjiepiering, witkatjiepiering, buffelsbal, forest gardenia, white gardenia, wild gardenia, umKhangazi, umKhwakhwane, umvalasangweni

Family: Rubiaceae (Madder)

Synonym: Gardenia crassicaulis, Gardenia speciosa, Gardenia verticillata

Distribution: Eastern subtropical coastal South Africa

National red list: Least Concern

Comments: The first of the South African gardenias to be known to botanists, and was introduced to Kew in 1773.

Links: iSpot • Red List of South African Plants • SANBI PlantZAfrica

1: Beds at Millstream, Van Riebeeck Street entrance (Millstream) • Accession: 1999-224/2 • Provenance: Unrecorded
2: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2012-157/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded
3: Upper garden, beds at restaurant (Uk) • Accession: 1999-224/1 • Provenance: Unrecorded

Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

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Gardenia thunbergia

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