Gardenia latifolia

Gardenia latifolia
At Nandan Kanan Park Bhopal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Gardenia
Species:	G. latifolia
Binomial name
Gardenia latifolia Ait.

Gardenia latifolia, also called Papra or Hindi:पापडा, Bengali: যোজনগন্ধা is medium-sized to large, long-lived tree of family Rubiaceae. It is found in the forests of Madhya Pradesh in India, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere, to the point of naturalization, especially in Nigeria, West Africa where the tree is highly valued for both its fruit and shade.

Gardenia latifolia from Robert Wight's Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis