Rubiaceae
Cape jasmine
Gardenia jasminoides
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Gardenia
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Common names
By language (45)
- Arabic
- غردينية ياسمينية
- arz
- غاردينيا ياسمينيه
- Assamese
- তগৰ
- Asturian
- Gardenia
- Azerbaijani
- Jasminəbənzər qardeniya
- ban
- Jempiring
- Bangla
- গন্ধরাজ
- Bulgarian
- Жасминова гардения
- Burmese
- ဇီဇဝါ
- Cantonese
- 白蟬花
- Cebuano
- Gardenia
- Chinese
- 栀子, 山黃梔, 栀子花, 梔子花, 水栀子, 黄栀子, 山栀, 山栀子
- Czech
- Gardénie jasmínovitá
- dty
- इन्द्रकमल
- Dutch
- Kaapse jasmijn
- English
- Cape jasmine
- Finnish
- Kiinangardenia, Keikarinkukka, Gardenia
- German
- Gardenie
- Gujarati
- અનંત, અનંત વૃક્ષ
- Hindi
- अनंत वृक्ष
- Indonesian
- Kacapiring, Kaca Piring
- Japanese
- クチナシ, くちなし, サンシシ, 山梔, 山梔子, 巵子, 支子, 梔子
- Javanese
- Ceplok piring
- Korean
- 치자나무, 치자
- lzh
- 梔子
- Malay
- Pokok Kacapiring Wangi
- Malayalam
- ഗന്ധരാജൻ
- Marathi
- अनंत
- mnc
- ᠴᠣᠮᠠᡵᡳ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Nepali
- इन्द्रकमल
- Odia
- ସୁଗନ୍ଧରାଜ, ଗନ୍ଧରାଜ
- Persian
- گاردنیا
- Portuguese
- Gardênia, Gardénia
- pwn
- Tjava
- Russian
- Гардения жасминовидная, Гардения укореняющаяся
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇၸေႇတဝႃႇ, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇတေႇဝႃႇ, တေႇတဝႃႇ
- Sundanese
- Kacapiring
- Swedish
- Gardenia
- Tamil
- கும்பிலி
- Thai
- พุดซ้อน
- Tongan
- Siale matalateau
- ty
- Taina
- Vietnamese
- Dành dành, Chi tử, Mác làng cương, Thuỷ hoàng chi
- war
- Gardenia
- wuu
- 玉薆花
Synonyms
- Gardenia angustifolia G.Lodd.
- Gardenia angustifolia var. kosyunensis (Sasaki) Masam.
- Gardenia augusta Merr.
- Gardenia augusta f. shanpinensis F.C.Ho
- Gardenia augusta var. grandiflora (Lour.) Sasaki
- Gardenia augusta var. kosyunensis Sasaki
- Gardenia augusta var. longisepala Masam.
- Gardenia augusta var. ovalifolia (Sims) Sasaki
- Gardenia florida L.
- Gardenia florida f. oblanceolata Nakai
- Gardenia florida f. simpliciflora Makino
- Gardenia florida f. thunbergii Makino
- Gardenia florida unranked variegata Carrière
- Gardenia florida var. fortuneana Lindl.
- Gardenia florida var. grandiflora (Lour.) Franch. & Sav.
- Gardenia florida var. maruba (Siebold ex Blume) Matsum.
- Gardenia florida var. ovalifolia Sims
- Gardenia florida var. plena Voigt
- Gardenia florida var. radicans (Thunb.) Matsum.
- Gardenia grandiflora Lour.
- Gardenia grandiflora Siebold ex Zucc.
- Gardenia jasminoides f. albomarginata H.Hara
- Gardenia jasminoides f. albovariegata H.Hara
- Gardenia jasminoides f. aureovariegata Nakai
- Gardenia jasminoides f. grandiflora (Lour.) Makino
- Gardenia jasminoides f. kueishanensis F.C.Ho
- Gardenia jasminoides f. longicarpa Z.M.Xie & M.Okada
- Gardenia jasminoides f. maruba (Siebold ex Blume) Nakai ex Ishii
- Gardenia jasminoides f. oblanceolata (Nakai) Nakai
- Gardenia jasminoides f. ovalifolia (Sims) H.Hara
- Gardenia jasminoides f. simpliciflora (Makino) Makino
- Gardenia jasminoides f. variegata (Carrière) Nakai
- Gardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana (Lindl.) H.Hara
- Gardenia jasminoides var. grandiflora (Lour.) Nakai
- Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides
- Gardenia jasminoides var. kosyunensis (Sasaki) Masam.
- Gardenia jasminoides var. longisepala (Masam.) Metcalf
- Gardenia jasminoides var. maruba (Siebold ex Blume) Nakai
- Gardenia jasminoides var. ovalifolia (Sims) Nakai
- Gardenia jasminoides var. plana (Voigt) M.R.Almeida
and 16 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 602 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vietnam Gardener, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sangay Wangdi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.