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Gardenia gummifera

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	RUBIALES	RUBIACEAE

Scientific Name:	Gardenia gummifera
Species Authority:	L.f.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India (January 1997)
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Found in Peninsular India.
Countries:	Native: India
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Population [top]

Population:

It remains fairly common but sparsely distributed.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A shrub or small tree of dry deciduous woodland.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

The gum is tapped and traded.

Citation:	CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India (January 1997) 1998. Gardenia gummifera. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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