Evergreen tree or shrub to 10 m or more tall. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to elliptic or oblong, to about 12 cm long, 5 cm wide, dark green and glossy. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, white or cream, generally double, the floral tube to about 3 cm long, extremely fragrant; summer to winter. [G. 'Florida', G. florida L., G. grandiflora Lour., G. jasminoides Ellis]

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Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Rubiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Gardenia augusta)