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Gardneria ovata Wall., Fl. Ind. 1: 400 1820. (Syn: Gardneria wallichii Wight ex Wall.);
. Assam to China (S. Yunnan, Guangxi), S. India to W. Jawa: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Oval Leaf Gardneria .
Small glabrous climbers. Leaves to 10 x 5 cm, ovate, abruptly acuminate, acute at base, entire; nerves 4 or 5 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Cymes axillary, 3-5-flowered, peduncled; bracts ovate, acute. Flowers pedicellate; calyx shallowly 4-lobed, lobes obtuse; ciliate; corolla orange-yellow, lobes 5 mm long, basely united, oblong, acute; stamens 4, attached at the base of corolla lobes; ovary 2-celled, glabrous; style subulate. Berry 7 x 6 mm, globose, blue; seeds 2, cup-shaped, with pulpy placenta on concave surface. Flowering and fruiting: February-May
Evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves
Indo-Malesia
Nilgiris: Asclepiadaceae climber for identification 180713MK01 : Attachments (12). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Please help me to identify this climber found common in the periphery of wet forests of Nilgiris. Date: 20 Jun 2013
Alt.: 2300 m asl
Place: Kothagiri, Nilgiris, TN This plant is Gardneria ovata Wall. belongs to Loganiaceae Gardneria ovata Wall, Fam: Loganiaceae
climbing shrub, tidiandmul area of Coorg, Karnataka
ANSEPT66 Please identify this plant : 11 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3).
Abbey Falls, Madikeri, Coorg Is it Syzygium? It is a Rubiaceae plant may be Psychotria sp; opposite leaves with inter petiolar stipule, inferior ovary are distinct from the 3rd image. Psychotria – some species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) As per my opinion, this seems to be Ixora brachiata or I. pavetta !!! Id confirmation is needed. Pavetta thomsonii Bremek. is reported from Abbey falls aera of coorg. The plant list is treating it synonymous with Pavetta indica L. Shall I keep it as P. indica/ Ixora brachiata for now? This is surely not Pavetta, Ixora is more nearer !!! Ixora lawsonii Gamble ?? I think it looks different from Ixora lawsonii as per Flora of Peninsular India and GBIF. Gardneria ovata Wall. .    FOR ID :: Dicots :: The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 4:23 PM IST: 3 images. FOR ID ::
Dicots The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 4:23 PM IST
Maditerai, about 2274 m asl Gardneria ovata Wall. . FOR ID :: Dicots The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 4:05 PM IST: 6 images. FOR ID ::
Dicots The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 4:05 PM IST
Maditerai, about 2277 m asl Gardneria ovata Wall. .
  Gardneria ovata Wall. :: The Nilgiris :: Jan 30, 2026 · 2.34 PM IST: 7 images. Gardneria ovata Wall.
The Nilgiris :: Jan 30, 2026 · 2.34 PM IST
Denad, about 1767 m asl
. References: POWO The Plant List Flora of China FoC illustration Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (Gardneria angustifolia Wall. with Gardneria ovata Wall as a syn.) India Biodiversity Portal India Flora Online Flowers of India Wikimedia Commons |
Gardneria ovata
Updated on March 22, 2026