Genipap Tree
Genipa americana L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 30 m
- wide
- —
Rubiaceae
Also called Genip tree
Formerly Gardenia brasiliensis, Gardenia hexandra, Gardenia oblongifolia, Genipa barbata, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 30 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Spanish
- Jagua, Guaitil
- root
- xagua, jénipa
- Portuguese
- Jenipapo, Jenipapeiro, Jenipá
- Chinese (China)
- 美洲格尼帕树, 靛榄
- Chinese
- 美洲格尼帕樹
- French
- Génipayer, Jénipa
- Danish
- Genipa
- Slovak
- genipa americká
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Genipa americana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.