Rubiaceae
Tahitian gardenia
Gardenia taitensis
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Gardenia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Afrikaans
- Tiaré tahiti
- Arabic
- غردينية تاهيتية, راندية تاهيتية
- arz
- غاردينيا تاهيتيه
- Catalan
- Tiara
- Chinese
- 大溪地栀子, 大溪地梔子
- Dutch
- Tiaré tahiti, Tiare tahiti
- English
- Tahitian gardenia, Tiare, Tiare flower, Tiaré, Tiaré flower
- Esperanto
- Tahitia gardenio
- French
- Tiaré tahiti, Fleur de tiaré, Tiare Tahiti, Tiaré
- Japanese
- ティアレ・タヒチ, ティアレ|タヒチアン・ガーデニア, ティーアーレィ
- Persian
- گاردنیا تایتنسیس, گاردنیا تایتنتیس, یاس تایتنتیس
- Polish
- Tiare Tahiti
- Russian
- Тиаре, Гардения таитянская
- Swedish
- Tahitigardenia
- Thai
- พุดแสงอุษา
- Tongan
- Siale tonga
- ty
- Tiare
Synonyms
- Gardenia taitensis f. genuina Reinecke
- Gardenia taitensis f. minor Reinecke
- Gardenia weissichii H.St.John
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rachael Kaiser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rachael Kaiser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.