Abundance: 0.05 to 8.16% (median 0.71%)
Latitudinal range: -23.5° to 26.8°Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (14), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)
Found in 21 samples
Australia: Cape Tribulation, Robson Creek, Mount Baldy
Burkina Faso: Bontioli Nature Reserve
Ghana: Wenchi
India: Hathinala, Khatabaran, Bhawani Katariya, Malyagiri Hill Ranges, Konthoujam Lairembi, Bodamalai Hills, Bannerghatta National Park, Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (distant sites)
Indonesia: Suaq Balimbing Research Station
Japan: University Forest
Madagascar: Beza Mahafaly Reserve (wet soils), Beza Mahafaly Reserve (dry soils), Beza Mahafaly Reserve (unfenced), Ankarafa Forest
Senegal: Fathala Forest
Thailand: Khok Bung Preu
See also Gardenia anysophylla, Gardenia companulata, Gardenia erubescens, Gardenia gummifera, Gardenia jasminoides, Gardenia latifolia, Gardenia ovularis, Gardenia resinifera, Gardenia rutenbergiana, Gardenia sootepensis, Gardenia sp., Gardenia ternifolia, Gardenia triacantha, Gardenia turgida