Gardenia tubifera Wall.,
in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1, 2 (1824)
Latin for 'with a trumpet', referring to the flowers.
Synonyms
Gardenia elata Ridl., Gardenia lobbii Craib, Gardenia
resinifera Korth., Gardenia speciosa (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Randia
speciosa Hook.f.
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 29 m tall and 36 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 5 mm long,
triangular. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 52 mm
diameter, white-yellow-orange, with up to 150 mm long corolla tube, flowers
placed solitary at twig tips. Fruits ca. 42 mm diameter, pale green, dehiscent
berry/capsule filled with many seeds in orange pulp.
Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp and swamp
forests up to 500 m altitude. Usually on alluvial sites along rivers and streams
on sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance
remnant.
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (throughout the island).
Local names in Borneo
Jambu-jambu.
