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Pittosporum tobira


Cheesewood, Pittosporum




Origin:  Australia and Eastern Asia.
Family
Pittosporaceae
Genus
Pittosporum
Species
tobira
Category
Tropicals
Type
Shrub (evergreen)
USDA Hardiness Zone
8b - 10
Canadian Hardiness Zone
Requires cold season protection under glass.
RHS Hardiness Zone
H2 - H4
Temperature (°C)
-10 - 5
Temperature (°F)
14 - 41
Height
2 - 30 m
Photographs
Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
AprilMayJune
Landscape
Widely used as an ornamental plant and sometimes grown indoors as bonsai.
Growth
Medium
Pests
Cottony cushion scale and sac fungus.
Leaf Description
The leaves are spirally arranged or whorled, simple, with an entire or waved margin.
Flower Description
The often sweetly scented flowers are produced singly or in umbels or corymbs, each flower with five sepals and five petals.
Fruit Description
The fruit is a woody seed capsule, which bursts on ripening to release the numerous seeds. The seeds are coated with a sticky resinous substance.
Colour Description
Leaves are green. Flowers are white.
Texture Description
Leaves are glossy. Bark is smooth.
Notable Specimens
Centennial Conservatory, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
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