Herbarium JCB

Gardenia turgida Roxb.

Family : RUBIACEAE
(COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
Species : Gardenia turgida
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirveng.
Common name : Spinous Cape Jasmine
Vernacular name : Khurrur, Ghurga, Thanella (Hin.); Bonagaare (Kan.); Yerribikki, Tella kokkita, Manjunda, Konda manga, Karinguva, Botakari, Pedda bikki (Tel.); Kurdu, Bhamenia, Dhobelkirat, Dhobai, Bamunia (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0466
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy, Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 24/02/16
Collection Locality : Chandaka-Dampada Wildlife Sanctuary, Khurda district, Odisha State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A small deciduous tree, up to 8m high, young branches are yellowish and armed with strong straight thorns. Bark is smooth and bluish-grey. Leaves are simple, oblong and glabrous above, velvety tomentose beneath. Flowers arise on young, leafless shoots, male flowers occuring in fascicles and females are solitary; calyx turbinate and corolla glabrous. Fruit is an ovoid berry with bluntly pointed tip.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : March-June; November-January
Comments : On hills of lower slopes from 300-600 m, on very dry and full sun-exposed slopes.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district (Andhra Pradesh State); Khammam district (Telangana State); Koraput district, Puri district, Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary (Khurda district), Ganjam district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Gardenia turgida. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.