黃梔屬常綠灌木或小喬木，臺灣原生，中國華南各省、中南半島及日本亦有分佈。樹皮灰白色。對生橢圓形至倒卵狀披針形葉，兩面光滑無毛；托葉包莖。花白色，大而顯著，具濃郁香味，頂生或少數為腋生。卵形或橢圓形漿果，具5~8稜，宿存萼片冠狀，成熟時橘黃色或橘紅色；種子多數，隱藏於肉質的胎座上。

An evergreen shrub or small tree in the genus Gardenia, native to Taiwan and also distributed in South China, the Indochina Peninsula and Japan. Bark grey-white. Leaves opposite, elliptic to obovate-lanceolate, smooth and glabrous on both sides; stipules amplexicaul. Flowers white, big and showy, richly fragrant, terminal or few axillary. Ovate or oval berries with 5 to 8 ribs, persistent sepals crown-shaped, orange or orange-red when mature; seeds numerous, hidden in fleshy placenta.

適合全日照或半日照溫暖環境，土壤以富含有機質的壤土且排水良好者為宜。以種子或扦插或壓條繁殖。

It’s suitable to grow in warm environments with full or partial sunlight. The soil is preferably well-drained loam rich in organic matter. Propagated from seeds, cuttings or by layering.

可作庭園景觀樹、盆花、綠籬。花曬乾可供花茶香料。成熟果實可提取梔子黃色素，可作黃色染料，是食品及化粧工業之天然色素。果實是綠底小灰蝶幼蟲的食草。成熟果乾燥後可入藥，有清熱利尿、瀉火除煩、涼血解毒之效。

Commonly grown as garden ornament trees, potted flowers and hedges. The dried flowers can be used to make scented tea. The mature fruits can be extracted to produce gardenia yellow pigment which is a natural pigment in food and makeup industry, also a food source of Artipe eryx horiella larvae; the dried fruits have medicinal uses, such as clearing heat and diuretic, relieving heat and fretfulness, cooling blood and detoxifying.