Very nice pictures and useful information, Raman ji. But this could be *Gardenia resinifera* or some other species; it doesn't look like G.gummifera.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Beautiful and Informative Set Raman ji > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:01 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Native to India, Gummy gardenia is a small tree which grows up to 3 >> meters. Gardenia is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants. They >> are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1-15 m tall. The leaves are >> opposite or in whorls of three or four, 5-50 cm long and 3-25 cm broad, >> dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or >> in small clusters, white or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with >> 5-12 lobes ('petals') from 5-12 cm diameter. >> >> Raman >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
