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(First upload on September 5 2012. Last on June 10 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]

Gardenia Ellis (クチナシ) Gardenia jasminoides Ellis (Kuchinashi, クチナシ, 梔子, s.l.), common gardenia Lifeform: evergreen shrub < 3 m in height Distribution: widespread in east Asia, including south to Honshu in Japan (not in Hokkaido) Habitat: forest floor Synonyms (discarded): - var. longisepala (Masam.) Metcalf

var. radicans (Thunb.) Makino ex H. Hara (コクチナシ) h = 0.3-0.5 m    Leaf = 2.5-7 cm l Synonyms: Gardenia radicans Thunb. f. grandiflora (Lour.) Makino (クチナシ, s.s.), syn. - var. grandiflora (Lour.) Nakai h = 1-2(5) m    Leaf: 6-17 cm l f. globicarpa Sakata (マルミノクチナシ) Cultivars cv. Albomarginata (フクリンクチナシ), Flore-pleno (ヤエクチナシ), Maruba (マルバクチナシ)

Gardenia jasminoides in Japan

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[1/2] in the campus of Ryukoku University (Ryukoku Forest), Otsu City, eastern Japan, on March 17 2012. It was drizzling. Thanks Misone. [3/4] in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (小石川植物園), the University of Tokyo, on March 16 2017.

var. radicans (コクチナシ)

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[1-3] at Okachimachi Park in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on June 6 2023.