Botanical name: Gardenia gjellerupii
Common name: Thai Gardenia
Family: Rubiaceae
Origin: Thailand
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: Gardenia gjellerupii (Thai Gardenia)
- Atractocarpus fitzalanii (Native Gardenia)
- Gardenia brighamii (Native Hawaiian Gardenia Nau)
- Gardenia carinata (Golden Gardenia)
- Gardenia cornuta (Natal Gardenia)
- Gardenia erubescens (Golden Fruit Gardenia)
- Gardenia hydrophila (Mok Luang)
- Gardenia jabiluka (Gardenia)
- Gardenia jasminoides ''Four Seasons'' (Four Seasons Gardenia)
- Gardenia jasminoides (Bush Gardenia)
- Gardenia mutabilis (Golden Gardenia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/gardenia_gjellerupii.htm