Mazhar Botanic Garden

Gardenia thunbergia Thunb

White Gardenia

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000499
English name: White Gardenia
Arabic name: جاردينيا تامبرجياي
Native: South Africa
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Common

evergreen shrub grows to 2-5 m tall leaves glossy, elliptic to oval flowers creamy white fragrant with a tubular corolla with 8 large spreading petal-like lobes fruit oval, hard, woody and fibrous about 8 cm long, 4 cm wide, light grey with small raised white spots

Soil:  Sensitive to soil conditions needs acidic soil with good organic matter

ornamental plant. Ornamental hedges. Excellent timber.

Gardenia crassicaulis Salisb

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Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, cuttings
Flowering time: Late winter
Zone: 10 : 12
pH range: 5-6.5

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