Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia)
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) yellow flower with slender petals against dark green leaves
Botanical name: Gardenia volkensii
Common names: Transvaal Gardenia, Bushveld Gardenia
Family: Rubiaceae
Origin: SE Africa
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-11
Plant form: Large bush or small tree
Mature height: 10-20 ft
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor; semi-shade
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Regular
Flower color: White and off-white; yellow, orange
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Fragrance: Fragrant; perfume plant
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Ethnomedical: Ethnomedical plant, traditionally used in folk or indigenous medicineThis shrub or small tree is native from Angola to KwaZulu-Natal. This species has fragrant white blossoms turning yellow with time. Gardenia volkensii ssp. spathulifolia has long narrow leaves, with wavy margins - very curious plant.
Woody seed pods remain on the branches.
Gardenia thunbergia is often confused with Gardenia volkensii, it may be distinguished from the Transvaal Gardenia, by the fact that its fruits are not ribbed. The fruits and roots are used in the treatment of a variety of ailments, including asthma, infertility, earache, sore eyes, epilepsy and headache. Ashes from burnt roots are placed on the chest as a treatment for pneumonia. Some local people also believe that this shrub will protect them from lightning.
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Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) yellow and white flower clusters with narrow green leaves on branches
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) showing a large, textured fruit with brown spots on a woody branch.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) white flower with water droplets nestled among dark green foliage.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) slender green leaves attached to a thin textured woody branch
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) bearing large rounded brown fruit among thick green foliage
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) fruit with a textured surface resting in a person's palm.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) with long green narrow leaves radiating from the center of the stem.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) with yellow and white flowers amidst lush dark green foliage
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) seeds scatter across the textured white surface in close up.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) hanging grey round fruit with distinct ridges on thin branches
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) with round grey fruit and small green leaves on slender branches.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) shrub with many yellow flowers and deep green foliage.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) with white star-shaped flowers and thick green waxy leaves
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) with large cream white petals and a yellow center on branches.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) with white and yellow flowers on thin thorny branches.
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) branch with multiple white and yellow flowers against a dark backdrop
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) showing white and yellow flower clusters against dark foliage at night
Gardenia volkensii (Transvaal Gardenia) shrub covered in many white and fading yellow star shaped flowers
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/gardenia_volkensii.htm
This shrub or small tree is native from Angola to KwaZulu-Natal. This species has fragrant white blossoms turning yellow with time, long narrow leaves, with wavy margins - very curious plant.
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