Gondhoraj - Gardenia jasminoides

Common Name :	Cape Jasmine.
Botanical Name :	Gardenia jasminoides
Synonym :	Gardenia augusta
Family :	Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Bangla Name :	Gondhoraj Ful(গন্ধরাজ ফুল).
Photo taken :	Bangladesh, Nepal.

In Bangladesh we call this flower as Gondhoraj, which means the king of fragrance. It's true, it's an extremely scented flower which is native to Eastern Asia and Indian territory. Botanical name of this exotic flowering plant is Gardenia jasminoides and it belongs to the family Rubiaceae. English name of the flower is Cape Jasmine.

This one is taken from Nepal.

A withered Jasmine.

Gondhoraj (Gardenia jasminoides) is mainly a shrubby plant having dark green shinny evergreen leafs. This plant grows around 6-8 ft in height. It requires full sunshine and also a bit of acidic soil.

Flower buds.

Gondhoraj (Gardenia jasminoides) flowers are creamy white in color and having a powerful sweet fragrance. Its smell can be sensed from a long distance from the tree. White flowers are having waxy petals where the outermost petals(actually bracts or sepals) are having green at outer side. Petals use to lose it's liveliness when time progresses.

Photos of Gondhoraj (Gardenia jasminoides) were taken from Tangail during March of 2013. Later added few from Nepal.


This article is written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/