Gardenia cornuta

Gardenia cornuta, commonly known as Tonga gardenia, Natal gardenia or horned gardenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.^[2][3] It is native to southern Africa.^[4]

Gardenia cornuta
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Gardenia
Species:	G. cornuta
Binomial name
Gardenia cornuta Hemsl.
Synonyms[2]
Gardenia plantii Rollison

Though specimens were collected in 1870, the species was not described until 1906.^[4]