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Guettarda speciosa L. - Rubiaceae - beach gardenia, zebra wood
Evergreen shrub or small tree, 2-6m tall, native to the tropical coastlines around the Pacific Ocean; leaves oval, 15-23cm long, dark green, smooth above, with prominent paler veins, finely hairy underneath; white tubular flowers 2-3cm width, 3-5cm long, fragrant; fruit hard, globular 2.5cm in diameter, sweet-smelling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guettarda_speciosa
„The flowers are nocturnal and open for only one night (Puff et al., Rubiaceae of Thailand, 130, 2005). The fruit of this species float and are dispersed by water, and apparently they are green when mature. This species is known to be distylous in Polynesia and E Africa (Bridson & Verdcourt, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Rub. (Pt. 2), 416, 1988).“ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022094
Flowers with „scent… based on constituents also important to gardenia and honeysuckle species, just to mention the characteristic accord generated by linalool, jasmone, (Z)-hex-3-enyl benzoate, methyl jasmonate, jasmine lactone and indole.“ Main compounds found in the headspace of living flowers were (E)-ocimene (47.5%), (Z)-ocimene (4.8%), methyl salicylate (8.0%), linalool (7.5%), benzaldehyde (5.1%), benzyl alcohol (3.9%), and 2-phenylethyl alcohol (3.1%).
[Meaningful Scents around the World, Roman Kaiser, Zürich 2006, 135-136 and 237-238]
Koorders, S.H., Valeton, T., Atlas der Baumarten von Java, vol.3 t 543 (1915) [M.Mangoendimedjo]
http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=483455