Gardenieae

Ordas, Jorge Anton D., Pinarok, Neil Alejandro A., Romeroso, Roanne B., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. & Banag-Moran, Cecilia I., 2019, A checklist of Rubiaceae species from Eastern Samar, Visayas, Philippines, Check List 15 (2), pp. 295-312 : 303

Tribe Gardenieae

Aidia pulcherrima (Merr.) Ridsdale, Blumea 41 (1996) 173.

Materials examined. Table 2. Fig. 4F

Vine or scandent shrub, about 5 m high. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 16–20 × 5–8 cm, coriaceous, glabrous. Inflorescences in axillary cymes, with 5–8 flowers. Calyx funnel-shaped, 15 mm long. Corolla white to pink, lobes 8–10 mm, tube 10 mm. Fruits ellipsoid, 12–15 mm, yellowish, glabrous.

This endemic species recorded only in certain areas of Southern Luzon, Negros and in Mindanao. This is a first report of this species occurring on Eastern Samar.