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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Gardenia carinata Wall. (RUBIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Kedah Gardenia, Mentiong Kedah

Description

Small evergreen tree to 15 m tall. Leaves 7-25 cm long, oppositely arranged, obovate. Flowers 5-8 cm across, solitary or in clusters of a few, tubular, cream to yellow turning orange. Fruits c. 2.5 cm across, ribbed, ellipsoid to globose indehiscent.


Ecology

Lowland evergreen forest.

Distribution

Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

Often planted as an ornamental.