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Gardenia ternifolia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Gardenia ternifolia - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Gardenia ternifolia - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia ternifolia - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia ternifolia - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia ternifolia - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia ternifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1179
Date of entry: 18.09.2009
Last update: 05.10.2023

Common name

English: Large-leaved transvaal gardenia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)

          Genus: Gardenia (4)

            Epithet: ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. (1)

ternifolia => leaves in threes

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: shrub, arborescent

Flower colour: yellow, white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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