栀子(原变种) zhi zi (yuan bian zhong)

Gardenia florida Linnaeus, nom. illeg. superfl.; G. florida f. oblanceolata Nakai; G. florida var. ovalifolia Sims; G. florida f. simpliciflora Makino; G. grandiflora Loureiro; G. jasminoides f. grandiflora (Loureiro) Makino; G. jasminoides var. grandiflora (Loureiro) Nakai; G. jasminoides var. longisepala (Masamune) F. P. Metcalf; G. jasminoides f. maruba (Siebold ex Blume) Nakai ex Ishii; G. jasminoides var. maruba (Siebold ex Blume) Nakai; G. jasminoides f. oblanceolata (Nakai) Nakai; G. jasminoides f. ovalifolia (Sims) H. Hara; G. jasminoides var. ovalifolia (Sims) Nakai; G. jasminoides var. radicans (Thunberg) Makino; G. jasminoides f. simpliciflora (Makino) Makino; G. jasminoides f. variegata (Carrière) Nakai; G. jasminoides var. variegata (Carrière) Makino; G. maruba Siebold ex Blume; G. radicans Thunberg; G. radicans var. variegata Carrière; G. schlechteri H. Léveillé (1911), not Bonati & Petitmengin (1907).

Flowers with simple corolla, fertile. Fl. Mar-Jul, fr. May-Feb.

Thickets and forests at streamsides, on mountain slopes or hills, or in valleys or fields; near sea level to 1500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang; cultivated in Gansu, Hebei, Shanxi [Cambodia, India, Japan, N Korea, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam; cultivated in Europe, North America, Pacific islands].