[Karyological studies on the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis]

This paper reports the karyological studies on the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides and G. jasminoides var. grandiflora. The chromosome numbers are 2n = 22 and the places of centromere are metacentric and submedian. The fruit of G. jarminoides is more primary than Gardenia jarminoidce var. grandiflora in karyotype.