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Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides
Gardenia · Shan-Chih-Tzu · Shan-Zhi-Zi · Zhi Zi · Jasmin · Cape Jasmine · Cape jasmine · Cape-jessamine · Gardenia asiática · Gardenia jaśminowata · Gardenie · Gardénia · Gardénie jasmínovitá · Gardênia-jasmim · Gargenia · Jazmin del cabo (Cuba) · Jazmín del Cabo · Jempiring · Kaapse jasmijn · Kacapiring · almindelig gardenia · cape-jasmine
At a glance
Origin / distribution: India, China, Japan*, Malaysia, Japan
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Head), Alexiteric, Antiphlogistic, Antiseptic
Science studied: 10-ACETYLGENIPOSIDE, ASH, BENZOIC-ACID-ESTER, CALCIUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Rubiaceae
Scientific name: Gardenia jasminoides
Common names: Gardenia, Shan-Chih-Tzu, Shan-Zhi-Zi, Zhi Zi, Jasmin, Cape Jasmine, Cape jasmine, Cape-jessamine, Gardenia asiática, Gardenia jaśminowata, Gardenie, Gardénia, Gardénie jasmínovitá, Gardênia-jasmim, Gargenia, Jazmin del cabo (Cuba), Jazmín del Cabo, Jempiring, Kaapse jasmijn, Kacapiring, almindelig gardenia, cape-jasmine
History
The source record documents this plant in India, China, Japan*, Malaysia, Japan.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Head)
- Alexiteric
- Antiphlogistic
- Antiseptic
- Canker
- Cholagogue
- Diuretic
- Dyspepsia
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- Epistaxis
- Febrifuge
- Fever
- Flu
- Hematemesis
- Hepatitis
- Jaundice
- Kidney
- Lung
- Mastitis
- Nerves
- Refrigerant
- Sty
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor(Lung)
- Wound
- Hematuria
- Vermifuge
- Cathartic
- Dysentery
- Emetic
- Inflammation
- Sore
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Tumor(Nose)
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- India
- China
- Japan*
- Malaysia
- Japan
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Head)
- Alexiteric
- Antiphlogistic
- Antiseptic
- Canker
- Cholagogue
- Diuretic
- Dyspepsia
- Epistaxis
- Febrifuge
- Fever
- Flu
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- Hematemesis
- Hepatitis
- Jaundice
- Kidney
- Lung
- Mastitis
- Nerves
- Refrigerant
- Sty
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor(Lung)
- Wound
- Hematuria
- Vermifuge
- Cathartic
- Dysentery
- Emetic
- Inflammation
- Sore
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Tumor(Nose)
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- 10-ACETYLGENIPOSIDE
- ASH
- BENZOIC-ACID-ESTER
- CALCIUM
- CHLOROGENIN
- CROCIN
- CROCIN-1
- EO
- FAT
- GARDENIN
- GARDENOSIDE
- GENIPIN
- GENIPIN-1-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- GENIPOSIDE
- GENIPOSIDIC-ACID
- IRON
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- LINALOOL
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- MANNITOL
- METHYL-DEACETYLASPERULOSIDATE
- PECTIN
- PROTEIN
- SCANDOSIDE-METHYL-ESTER
- SHANZHISIDE
- STYRENE-ACETATE
- TANNIN
- ARSENIC
- POTASSIUM
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TERPINEOL
- BENZYL-ACETATE
- COPPER
- DEACETYLASPERULOSIDE-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- GARDOSIDE
- GENIPIN-1-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- GENTIOBIOSIDE
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- METHYL-ANTHRANILATE
- PICROCROCINIC-ACID
- SODIUM
- ZINC
- NONACOSANE
- 13-Z-CROCIN-ESTER
- BORNEOL
- CROCETIN
- CROCETIN-MONO(BETA-GENTIOBIOSYL)-ESTER
- DAUCOSTEROL
- GARDENATE-A
- GARDENIC-ACID-A
- GARDENIC-ACID-B
- GARDENODIC-ACID-A
- JASMINOSIDE-F
- (R)-LINALYL-6-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- ZHIZININ-A
- BORNYL-6-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- GARDENIC-ACID
- 2-HYDROXYETHYL-GARDENAMIDE-A
- PENTA-ACETYL-GENIPOSIDE
- (1R,74,8S,10R)-7,8,11-TRIHYDROXYGUAI-4-EN-3-ONE-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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