Common name: Brilliant Gardenia, cambi resin tree, white emetic nut • Hindi: देकामाली dekamali • Marathi: डिकामाली dikamali, डिकेमाली dikemali • Tamil: கம்பளிப்பிசின் kampali-p-picin, கும்பை kumpai, கும்பிலி kumpili, திக்காமல்லி tikkamalli • Malayalam: കബിമരം kabimaram • Telugu: కొండ మంగ konda manga • Kannada: ಬಿಕ್ಕಿ ಗಿಡ bikki gida, ಡಿಕ್ಕಾಮಾಲ್ಲಿ dikkaamaalli • Konkani: डिकमाली dikmali • Gujarati: દિકામારી dikamari • Sanskrit: नाडिहिङ्गु nadihingu
Botanical name: Gardenia resinifera Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Gardenia lucida
Brilliant Gardenia is a small, unarmed tree, up to 3 m tall. It exudes gum
from the buds. Leaves have very short stalks. They are oblong or oval or
obovate, obtuse or with a short blunt point, hairless, hard, shining, with
simple parallel nerves. White fragrant flowers occur singly in leaf axils.
They have a long tube, glabrous, striated, flaring into 5 obovate-oblong
petals, a little shorter than the tube. Drupe is oblong, nut very hard, thick
and bony. Flowering: March-April.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
| Photographed at Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan, Mumbai. |
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