Ceriscoides turgida

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Rubiaceae}}

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|image=Gardenia turgida PannaTR IMG 3418.jpg

|image_caption=In Panna National Park

|image2=Ceriscoides turgida 2.jpg

|image2_caption=Close-up of fruit

|genus=Ceriscoides

|species=turgida

|authority=(Roxb.) Tirveng.

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• Gardenia donia {{small|Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.}}
• Gardenia montana {{small|Roxb.}}
• Gardenia turgida {{small|Roxb.}}
• Randia turgida {{small|(Roxb.) Tirveng.}}

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Ceriscoides turgida (syn. Gardenia turgida), the mountain gardenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia.{{cite POWO |id=746249-1 |title=Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirveng. |access-date=13 April 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Mountain Gardenia |url=https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mountain%20Gardenia.html |date=2022 |publisher=Flowers of India |access-date=13 April 2022 }} A tree reaching {{cvt|8|m|ft}}, its unripe fruit can be boiled and eaten as a famine food, but its ripe fruit are poisonous.{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/famine-foods/famine_food/gardenia-turgida |title=Gardenia turgida |last1=Freedman |first1=Bob |date=2022 |website=Famine Foods |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=13 April 2022 }}