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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 24: (TIME-LAPSE) A gardenia blooms on May 24, 2023 in Beijing, China. Gardenia, a shrub plant of the Rubiaceae family and genus Gardenia, often has short hairs on its tender branches, cylindrical and gray in shape; The leaves are oblong-lanceolate and oblong-ovate in shape; Flowers are fragrant, with a single flower growing at the top of the branch; Fruit ovoid, nearly spherical or elliptical, yellow or orange red; Seeds numerous, nearly circular and slightly angular; The flowering period is from March to July, and the fruiting period is from May to February of the following year. Gardenia jasminoides is native to China and is now distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, and other places in China. (Footage by Song Meihui/VCG via Getty Images)