Macrosphyra longistyla (Cultivated)

Macrosphyra longistyla (DC.) Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 106 1877. (syn: Gardenia longistyla (DC.) Hook.; Gardenia paleacea A.Rich.; Macrosphyra paleacea (A.Rich.) K.Schum.; Oxyanthus villosus G.Don; Randia longistyla DC.; Solena longistyla (DC.) D.Dietr.);

W. Tropical Africa to SW. Ethiopia: Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre as per POWO;
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Garden Flower For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 09APR16 : AK-2 : 02/02 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Very fragrant, white flowers seen at Lalbagh on 29th March.

Cultivated bushes.

Flowers turning black on drying.
Could be some Species very close to Gardenia or Tarenna.

Yes most likely a Rubiaceae.. Tarenna a possibility but i am not much up on flora of tropical east africa… this seems definitely from that region
some one knowledgeable in african flowers can help

I think I have found the id of these flowers.
Macrosphyra longistyla, Rubiaceae.

References:
POWO The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP Catalogue of Life GBIF Useful Tropical Plants prota4u Wikimedia Commons

Updated on December 24, 2024