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Gardenia volkensii

Common names: bushveld gardenia, Transvaal gardenia (Eng.); Transvaalkatjiepiering, bosveldkatjiepiering, kannetjieboom, stompdoring (Afr.); morala (Northern-Sotho,

Family: Rubiaceae

... possible, especially in the case of herbarium specimens. Gardenia volkensii subsp. volkensii differs from subsp. ... var. volkensii has calyx lobes up to 10-15 mm long. Gardenia volkensii prefers open woodland, bushveld and ... Leaves are browsed by game, e.g. giraffe, kudu and impala. Gardenia These plants are easily grown from cuttings or seed. ...

23 / 08 / 2010 | Hester Steyn | National Herbarium Pretoria

Common names: Tonga gardenia, Natal gardenia, horned gardenia (Eng.); wilde-appel, Tongakatjiepiering, Natalkatjiepiering (Afr.); umhlahle, unomphumela, umvalasangw

Family: Rubiaceae

... NBG Mkhipheni Ngwenya KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium June 2005 Gardenia cornuta is a shrub or multi-branched small tree, 3 ... between February and August. Seeds are hard and flattened. Gardenia cornuta is found in the bushveld, woodland, grassy ... by these animals. Leaves are browsed by goats and game. Gardenia This very neat and decorative small tree is best ...

13 / 06 / 2005 | Mkhipheni Ngwenya | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Common names: white gardenia, forest gardenia, wild gardenia (Eng.), witkatjiepiering, buffelsbal, kannetjieboom (Afr.), umKhangazi (Xhosa), umValasangweni, umKhwak

Family: Rubiaceae

... mm, when mature roughly dotted with whitish encrustations. Gardenia thunbergia occurs in a strip up the eastern coast of ... and dispersed unless these animals eat them. Harvesting Gardenia thunbergia seed is hard work. The secateurs we use ... the seeds out. It is heavy, laborious, unpopular work! Gardenia Gardenia thunbergia is easy to grow, although it is ...

17 / 02 / 2003 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Gardenia volkensii

Gardenia cornuta

Gardenia thunbergia