Gardenia pyriformis
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Gardenia pyriformis, commonly known as malara, native gardenia or turpentine tree, is a species of plant in the coffee family. It is native to northern Australia where it occurs from the Kimberley region of north-western Western Australia, across the Top End of the Northern Territory to northern Queensland.{{FloraBase|name=Gardenia pyriformis |id=7328 }}
Description
Distribution and habitat
It occurs on red sand soils, on pindan sand plains, dunes, stony ridges and scree slopes. In Western Australia it is found in the Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregions.
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Category:Eudicots of Western Australia
Category:Gentianales of Australia
Category:Plants described in 1867
Category:Flora of the Northern Territory
Category:Taxa named by Christopher Francis Puttock
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