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Gardenia thunbergia

Thunb. (1780)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Gardenia

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Gardenia: 13 (1780)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Gardenia thunbergia Koloa District. Site of former Olu Pua Botanic Garden, Kalaheo. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Tree of 18 ft.; leaves glossy dark medium green, w/whitish veins above, dull, slightly paler below; in bud corolla tube pale green, lobes yellow-green, opening cream and fading yellow. Fragrant 2pm Flynn, T.W. 9085 Kauai BISH 2020-02-06
2 Gardenia thunbergia Wahiawa Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen A tree 4m tall, in full sun. Flowers white; with a strong spicy fragrance (morning). Lau, J. 2161 Oahu BISH 1986-03-24
3 Gardenia thunbergia S.Kona Dist., at the Amy B.H.Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook Preserved_Specimen Trimmed shrub ca. 10 ft tall and 8 ft thick; lvs 3 per node; flws opening between 8 and 9 pm, and intensely fragrant at that time; cor usu 8-lobed, pure white, turning brown the next day. Staples, G.W. 623 Hawaii BISH 1990-05-19
4 Gardenia thunbergia Koloa Dist: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Valley, Medicinal section along E. bank of Lawai Stream Preserved_Specimen Densely branching shrub or small tree 2m, lvs glossy. Flowers strongly gardenia-scented (5 pm.), corolla tube pale green, lobes white. Lorence, D.H. 7417 Kauai BISH 1993-07-17
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