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Transvaal Gardenia Gardenia volkensii
- This is a semi deciduous tree, which may grow
upto 8m in height.
- This tree can be found from Angola to Kwazulu-Natal.
- The bark is pale grey with a flaky appearance.
- The flowers are large and white turning yellow
with age.
- Flowers are produced from July to December and
fruits are produced from August to May.
- The flowers give off a lovely sweet sent. The
fruit are large round, greenish coloured balls with raised white dots
on their surface.
- Monkeys and certain specie of antelope eat the
fruit and the leaves are browsed by game.
- The roots can be burnt and the ashes are placed
on the chest as a treatment for Pneumonia.
- Epilepsy, earache and sore eyes can be treated
with various parts of this tree.
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