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Gardenia scabrella
In Singapore: Star Flower (Grown in Singapore)
Gardenia scabrella is a small evergreen tree from the rainforest margins of Cape York, Queensland, grown in Cairns street and amenity plantings. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and a sheltered spot with good drainage.
Gardenia scabrella is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, and has been used in street and amenity plantings in Cairns.
This species grows in vine thickets in areas of high rainfall north of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
Cape jasmine · Gardenia mutabilis · Tahitian Gardenia · Gardenia tubifera · Gardenia
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gardenia scabrella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
