About Spinous Cape Jasmine
Ceriscoides turgida (syn. Gardenia turgida), the mountain gardenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia. A tree reaching 8 m (26 ft), its unripe fruit can be boiled and eaten as a famine food, but its ripe fruit are poisonous.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gardenia turgida
- Genus
- Gardenia
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Spinous Cape Jasmine belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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