Gardenia storckii

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|status = LR/nt

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=Gardenia storckii |volume=1998 |page=e.T31045A9602726 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31045A9602726.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|genus = Gardenia

|species = storckii

|authority = Oliv.

}}

Gardenia storckii, locally known as Mbolovatu or Ndrenga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only gardenia occurring abundantly in the forested area of Serua Province in southeastern Viti Levu, to which its range is confined. It has been noted in dense, dry, or secondary forest as a slender tree 2–15 m high and with a trunk to 14 cm in diameter. Flowers have been obtained in January through March, and fruits between April and November. It produces an abundance of latex. The resiniferous buds are used for chewing, and an extract of the roots is used medicinally for constipation.{{Cite web |last=IUCN |date=1998-01-01 |title=Gardenia storckii: World Conservation Monitoring Centre: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T31045A9602726 |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/31045/0 |language=en |doi=10.2305/iucn.uk.1998.rlts.t31045a9602726.en}}{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Albert |title=STUDIES OF PACIFIC ISLAND PLANTS. XXVII. THE GENUS GARDENIA (RUBIACEAE) IN THE FIJIAN REGION |publisher=American Journal of Botany |date=February 1974 |edition=Volume 61 |pages=109–111, 124–125 |language=English}}