Gardenia volkensii K. Schum.
subsp. volkensii
var. volkensii

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Gardenia volkensii subsp. volkensii var. volkensii

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Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park

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Lower slopes Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms:	Gardenia somalensis Fiori ex Chiov. Gardenia volkensii K. Schum. var. somalensis (Fiori ex Chiov.) Cufod.
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Description:	Usually a small, densely-branched deciduous tree. Leaves in whorls of 3 on short, rigid side branchlets, which look almost like blunt spines. Flowers solitary at the ends of the branchlets, white and showy but short lived, turning yellow when fading. Fruit greyish to pale brown, ellipsoid to almost spherical with 8-11 coarse ribs, sometimes only shallow, covered in small wart-like lenticels.
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Derivation of specific name:	volkensii: after G. Volkens who collected on Mt Kilimanjaro 1892, 1893 and 1894
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Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia, southern Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Botswana distribution:	N,SE
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Insects associated with this species:	Carlisis wahlbergii (Food plant) Deudorix dinochares (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:	Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 671 - 674. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 955. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 1055 - 1056. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 72. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 89. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 626 - 627. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 97. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 368 - 369. as Gardenia volkensii s.l. (Includes a picture).

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