Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gardenia thunbergia Thunb. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bobbejaangif	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
buffelsbal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cape jessamine	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katjiepiering	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
stompdoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white gardenia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildekatjiepiering	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caquepiria bergkia J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 651 (1791).
Gardenia appendiculata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 494 (1812).
Gardenia crassicaulis Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 46 (1806), nom. illeg.
Gardenia macrocarpa Carey ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 379 (1845).
Gardenia medicinalis Vahl ex Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 148 (1827).
Gardenia speciosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 63 (1796), nom. illeg.
Gardenia verticillata Lam. Encycl. 2: 607 (1788), nom. illeg.
Genipa thunbergia (Thunb.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 308 (1880).
Warneria thunbergia (Thunb.) Stuntz U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Invent. Seeds 32: 39 (1914), genus not validly publ.
Genipa capensis Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 379 (1880), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caquepira bergkia J.F.Gmel.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gardenia appendiculata Stokes	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gardenia crassicaulis Salisb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gardenia macrocarpa Carey ex Voigt	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gardenia medicinalis Vahl ex Schumach. & Thonn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gardenia speciosa Salisb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gardenia thunbergia L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gardenia thunbergia Thunb.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gardenia verticillata Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Genipa thunbergia (Thunb.)Baill.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Warneria thunbergia (Thunb.)Stuntz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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