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); .
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. 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. .    Gardenia gummifera from Bangalore-GS09012021 Gardenia gummifera, photographed from Lal Bagh, Bangalore, 29-9-2015 Thanks for sharing sir, I too did the same thing in 2016, .
This picture is Gadenia gummifera — Rubiaceae .      Small tree for ID: 5 images- 2 high res. Please help ID this small tree that was photographed near Nandi hills area, Bangalore. Didn’t have many leaves at that time. Mostly just pale yellow flowers. Gardenia latifolia?? Looks correct. I am sure it would have helped if the leaves were there, right? Calyx looks different as per images at Tried to find a close match, but did not get it. Looks like Gardenia latifolia But calyx looks different as per images at Gardenia gummifera, I think I am not entirely sure if it is Gardenia latifolia or Gardenia gummifera. Yes, appears close to images at . References: |
Gardenia gummifera
Updated on January 25, 2025