Botanical name: Gardenia sootepensis
Common name: Golden Gardenia
Family: Rubiaceae
Origin: Thailand
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
This gardenia is a true tree, although small size - 8-10 ft tall. The leaves are huge, 12-15' long and 6-7" wide. And so is the flower - 6-7" wide. The flower starts with a creamy light yellow and turns into dark gold a day or two later. Remarkable feature of this plant: on new growth amber-like drops of sap appear.
Similar plants: Gardenia sootepensis (Golden 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 gjellerupii (Thai Gardenia)
- Gardenia hydrophila (Mok Luang)
- Gardenia jabiluka (Gardenia)
- Gardenia jasminoides ''Four Seasons'' (Four Seasons Gardenia)
- Gardenia jasminoides (Bush Gardenia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/gardenia_sootepensis.htm