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Randia fitzlania


Randia fitzlania FlowerRandia fitzlania FormRandia fitzlania Fruit

Common Name: Rainforest Gardenia
   
Family: Rubiaceae
   
Form and Size: A small bushy tree to about 4m high (in cultivation).
   
Distribution: Rainforests of north-eastern Qld.
   
Leaves: Lance shaped, stiff textured, dark green to 15cm x 7cm.
   
Flowers: White perfumed, tubular at the base, 5 petalled; borne in small clusters in the older axils.
   
Flowering Period: November to January.
   
Fruit: Brown globular.
   
Cultivation/Notes: Propagate from fresh seed. Needs a shady position and abundant water. A food plant of the bee hawk moths.



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Source: Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the Tropics,
compiled by Keith Townsend for Society for Growing Australian Plants.


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