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Atractocarpus fitzalanii, commonly known as the brown gardenia or yellow mangosteen, is a species of plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is found in coastal parts of tropical Queensland, Australia. The beautifully scented flowers and glossy foliage has seen this plant enter cultivation in gardens of eastern Australia.
Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar, Pacific Islands, [1] and Australia. [ 2 ] The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after Alexander Garden (1730–1791), a Scottish naturalist. [ 3 ]
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Reddish lesions at first then enlarges and becomes white to light brown in the centre. Circular and varying in size. Can appear concentric with red margins. Leaf spot on most cereals and grasses, field crops, vegetables, ornamentals, and trees. Myrothecium roridum: Target-like spots with light brown centres and dark circumference on Gardenia ...
Plants are rather pest-resistant, though can be affected by leaf spots or rust on occasion. Watering plants at the base, rather than overhead watering, can help prevent these foliar diseases.
Gardenia volkensii is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with short, rigid branches. [1] [2] The branches form a dense rounded canopy and may touch the ground. The bark is a pale grey colour. [1] Shiny spoon-shaped leaves are found clustered at the end of knobbly branchlets. [2] The trumpet-shaped flowers start off white, but turn yellow with age.
The fruit is oval, hard, woody and fibrous, about 80 mm long and about 40 mm in diameter, light grey with small raised white spots and if not eaten by large browsers or elephant, will remain on the tree for years. Its common names include forest gardenia, mutarara (in the Shona language), [2] tree gardenia, white gardenia and wild gardenia.
Gardenia jasminoides, commonly known as gardenia and cape jasmine, [2] is an evergreen flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is native to the subtropical and northern tropical parts of the Far East. Wild plants range from 30 centimetres to 3 metres (about 1 to 10 feet) in height.