Gardenia gummifera

Gardenia gummifera L.f., (syn. Gardenia arborea Roxb.; Gardenia inermis F.Dietr.; Genipa arborea (Roxb.) Baill.; Genipa gummifera (L.f.) Baill.);

India as per WCSP;

Keys at Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004);

Gummy gardenia, Cambi gum tree, देकामाली Dekamali (Hindi), Kad Bikke (Kannada), Sirukkambil (Tamil), Cittamali (Telugu), Dikamalli (Gujarati), Kambimaram (Malayalam), Nadihingu (Sanskrit), Dikemali (Marathi);

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[EfloraofIndia_060212PD01_Gardenia gummifera_Flora of Odisha]:

please find the images of Gardenia gummifera taken from Deogarh

Name: Gardenia gummifera

Family: Rubiaceae

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Wild, dry deciduous forests
Place of collection: Deogarh, Odisha

Very good set of pictures.

11111PD04 Gardenia gummifera Flora of Orissa: 4 images.

sharing photograph of another very very useful and rare medicinal plant taken from Ranpur

Name of the species: Gardenia gummifera

Local name: Gurudu

Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa

Family: Rubiaceae

Habit: A large shrub to small tree

Habitat: Wild, Dry deciduous forests

Altitude: 450 to 600 m above msl

Uses: Fruits are edible when ripe, whole plant is of medicinal uses.
Ecology: The plant is also resistant to fire as i found a very good population of this species flowering imediate after the forest fire where i found Soymida febrifuga.

Nice to see the fruit…

we have the plants, but no appropriate pollinators I guess… does not set fruits..
none of the gardenia do around here..wonder why?
In another thread (threads may be even ) I have written about how none of the Quis quallis nor the thumbergia grandiflora seem to want to set fruit in Kolkata and its surroundings… any ideas?

How to differentiate between Gardenia gummifera & Gardenia resinifera? : 3 posts by 2 authors.

Can you help me in differentiating between the two Species?
What are the specific characters to look for?

Pl. see the following:
Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details with keys.