Gardenia cornuta
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Natal Gardenia
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten as a snack and is used as a famine food.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in grassland and in open woodland. In Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
Africa, Australia, East Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zambia,
How to Identify
A dense rounded shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are glossy and light green. The flowers are large and white and showy. The fruit are large and oval and shiny. They turn yellow as they ripen.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Gardenia cornuta, commonly known as Tonga gardenia, Natal gardenia or horned gardenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to southern Africa. Though specimens were collected in 1870, the species was not described until 1906.
Other Information
It is a famine food.
References (6)
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