Genipa

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Genipa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Genipa (Brazilian name). Rubiaceae. This includes a West Indian shrub allied to the Cape jasmine and barely known to American horticulture. Genipa and Gardenia are difficult to separate. Small trees or shrubs: lvs. with short or no stalks, opposite, large, leathery, obovate or lanceolate, shining: cymes axillary, few-fld.; fls. white to yellowish; calyx- limb bell-shaped, truncated, or 5-toothed; corolla salver-shaped, limb twisted to the left, 5-parted; stigma club-shaped or bifid; ovary 1-celled; placentas 2, almost touching each other in the axis: berries edible. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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