Gardenia gjellerupii (Common name: Thai Gardenia)

Gardenia gjellerupii

Very rare Thai endemic plant. It has yellow/golden fragrant flowers similar to Gardenia tubifera Kula except that it has erect flower (never pendulus), less number of petals and leaves are slightly velvetish.

This gardenia is better suited for alkaline soils (S. Florida) than G. tubifera kula

Similar plants:

• Atractocarpus fitzalanii, Randia fitzalanii, Gardenia fitzalanii (Native Gardenia, Yellow Mangosteen)
• Gardenia brighamii (Native Hawaiian Gardenia Nau)
• Gardenia carinata, Gardenia coronaria (Golden Gardenia, Malaysian Tree Gardenia)
• Gardenia cornuta, Gardenia ternifolia (Natal Gardenia, Horned Gardenia, Wilde-appel)
• Gardenia erubescens, Gardenia triacantha var. parvilimbis (Golden Fruit Gardenia)
• Gardenia Four Seasons (Gardenia Four Seasons)
• Gardenia hydrophila, Kailarsenia hygrophila (Mok Luang, Candlestick plant)
• Gardenia jabiluka (Gardenia)
• Gardenia jasminoides, Gardenia augusta (Bush Gardenia, Cape Jasmine, Bunga Cina)
• Gardenia mutabilis (Golden Gardenia)