Rubiaceae Week :: Gardenia gummifera - Cambi Gum Tree

[raman]

Native to India, Gummy gardenia is a small tree which grows up to 3 meters. Gardenia is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1-15 m tall. The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three or four, 5-50 cm long and 3-25 cm broad, dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters, white or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with 5-12 lobes ('petals') from 5-12 cm diameter.

Raman

[Balkar Singh]

Beautiful and Informative Set Raman ji

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:01 AM, raman <raman_ar...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Native to India, Gummy gardenia is a small tree which grows up to 3 meters. Gardenia is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1-15 m tall. The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three or four, 5-50 cm long and 3-25 cm broad, dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters, white or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with 5-12 lobes ('petals') from 5-12 cm diameter.

Raman

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
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[Vijayasankar]

Very nice pictures and useful information, Raman ji.
But this could be Gardenia resinifera or some other species; it doesn't look like G.gummifera.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[raman]

The name board in Lalbagh has this name.

Raman

[Mahadeswara]

I am also of the same opinion as Dr. Vijayasankar ji. Some name
boards in Lalbagh are not correct / updated.

On Feb 7, 2:03 am, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very nice pictures and useful information, Raman ji.

> But this could be *Gardenia resinifera* or some other species; it doesn't

> look like G.gummifera.
>
> Regards
>
> Vijayasankar Raman
> National Center for Natural Products Research
> University of Mississippi
>

> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Beautiful and Informative Set Raman ji
>

[raman]

After googling looks like G. resinifera.

I will take some more snaps, when it flowers

Raman

[J.M. Garg]

Gardenia resinifera Roth as per another thread: Rubiaceae Week :: Gardenia gummifera - Cambi Gum Tree

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