Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details

It is a perennial shrub or small tree 2-6 m (7-20 ft) tall by 1-3 m (3-10 ft) wide with smooth creamy grey bark. The large oval-shaped leaves are 15-23 cm (6-9 in) long by 10-18 cm (4-7 in) wide. Dark green and smooth above with prominent paler veins, they are finely hairy underneath. Flowering is from October to May, the fragrant white flowers are 2.5-3 cm (1-1½ in) long with 4-9 lobes. These are followed by sweet-smelling globular hard fruit, measuring 2.5-2.8 x 2.2-2.5 cm (1 x 1 in), which mature September to March.
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Guettarda speciosa, colloquially called beach gardenia, or zebra wood, is a species of shrub in the family Rubiaceae found in coastal habitats in tropical areas around the Pacific Ocean, including the coastline of central and northern Queensland and Northern Territory in Australia, and Pacific Islands, including Micronesia, French Polynesia and Fiji, Malaysia and Indonesia and the east coast of Africa. It reaches 6 m in height, has fragrant white flowers, and large green prominently-veined leaves. It grows in sand above the high tide mark.
Alternate names in the Cook Islands include ‘Ano, Hano, Fano, and Puapua. The last is also used in Samoa, and the similar Puopua in Tonga.[1] It is known as Utilomar in the Marshall Islands.
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We currently have 49 herbarium specimens for Guettarda speciosa in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.

• 019072 - collected by Lynwood Hume in Unknown
• 007200 - collected by F. R. Fosberg in 1946
• 007202 - collected by Derral Herbst in 1972
• 007201 - collected by Derral Herbst in 1972
• 073660 - collected by Art Whistler in 1973
• 073658 - collected by Art Whistler in 1973
• 073657 - collected by Art Whistler in 1975
• 030366 - collected by D. Mueller-Dombois in 1981
• 007181 - collected by Gordon McPherson in 1984
• 004133 - collected by Gordon McPherson in 1984
• 093565 - collected by Derral Herbst in 1984
• 066563 - collected by Art Whistler in 1985
• 066562 - collected by Art Whistler in 1985
• 066561 - collected by Art Whistler in 1986
• 007199 - collected by Peter B. Phillipson in 1987
• 073659 - collected by Art Whistler in 1991
• 048695 - collected by Art Whistler in 1992
• 022382 - collected by K. R. Wood in 1994
• 017914 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1995
• 042810 - collected by Art Whistler in 1995
• 024286 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1996
• S064125 - collected by K. R. Wood in 1997
• 023732 - collected by K. R. Wood in 1997
• 034545 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 1998
• 091707 - collected by Art Whistler in 1998
• 029203 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1999
• 042997 - collected by Art Whistler in 2000
• 043453 - collected by A. Raynor in 2001
• 035221 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2001
• 040753 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2002
• 052157 - collected by K. R. Wood in 2002
• 052955 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 2002
• 087497 - collected by Michael J. Balick in 2002
• 043636 - collected by Steve Perlman in 2004
• 043361 - collected by K. R. Wood in 2004
• S046559 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2005
• 044764 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2006
• 050600 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2008
• 054869 - collected by Clay Trauernicht in 2008
• 095358 - collected by Clay Trauernicht in 2008
• 057277 - collected by Clay Trauernicht in 2008
• 094649 - collected by Clay Trauernicht in 2008
• 082957 - collected by David E. Brussell in 2008
• 087207 - collected by Nancy Vander Velde in 2009
• 067677 - collected by Nancy Vander Velde in 2009
• 093281 - collected by Gregory M. Plunkett in 2016
• 093269 - collected by Gregory M. Plunkett in 2016
• 088140 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2022
• 095347 - collected by Elliot Gardner in 2022