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3 unusual facts about Gardenia thunbergia


Gardenia

Gardenia thunbergia (White Gardenia, Forest Gardenia, or witkatjiepiering) South Africa.

Gardenia thunbergia

It grows largely in forest or on forest margins, occurring in the Eastern Cape, Natal and Transkei in South Africa.

The tree is a food plant for the larvae of some species of hawk moths such as the Oriental Bee Hawk moth, Cephonodes hylas.



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