Cheesewoods
Pittosporum
Pittosporum (/pɪˈtɒspərəm/ or /ˌpɪtəˈspɔːrəm, -toʊ-/) is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa. Citriobatus can be included here, but might be a distinct (though closely related) genus. They are commonly known as pittosporums or, more ambiguously, "cheesewoods".
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Japanese cheesewood
speciesPittosporum tobira
Australian Cheesewood
speciesPittosporum undulatum
Kōhūhū
speciesPittosporum tenuifolium
tarata
speciesPittosporum eugenioides
Karo
speciesPittosporum crassifolium
Rough-fruited Pittosporum
speciesPittosporum revolutum
Taiwanese cheesewood
speciesPittosporum pentandrum
Cape Cheesewood
speciesPittosporum viridiflorum
Native apricot
speciesPittosporum angustifolium
orange thorn
speciesPittosporum multiflorum
Banyalla
speciesPittosporum bicolor
Karo
speciesPittosporum ralphii
Pittosporum illicioides
speciesPittosporum illicioides
Rautāwhiri
speciesPittosporum colensoi
Perching kohukohu
speciesPittosporum cornifolium
black-fruited thornbush
speciesPittosporum viscidum
Hairy Red Pittosporum
speciesPittosporum rubiginosum
Pittosporum tinifolium
speciesPittosporum tinifolium
Haekaro
speciesPittosporum umbellatum
Pittosporum rigidum
speciesPittosporum rigidum
Pittosporum divaricatum
speciesPittosporum divaricatum
Wallaby Apple
speciesPittosporum spinescens
Pittosporum moluccanum
speciesPittosporum moluccanum
Glabrous Pittosporum
speciesPittosporum glabratum
Pittosporum anomalum
speciesPittosporum anomalum
Pittosporum senacia
speciesPittosporum senacia
Pittosporum glabrum
speciesPittosporum glabrum
Pittosporum kirkii
speciesPittosporum kirkii
Pittosporum patulum
speciesPittosporum patulum
Pittosporum oreillyanum
speciesPittosporum oreillyanum
Heart-leaved Kohuhu
speciesPittosporum obcordatum
Pittosporum ellipticum
speciesPittosporum ellipticum
Pittosporum pimeleoides
speciesPittosporum pimeleoides
Pittosporum brevispinum
speciesPittosporum brevispinum
Hutton’s Kōhūhū
speciesPittosporum huttonianum
Pittosporum hosmeri
speciesPittosporum hosmeri
Pittosporum cherrieri
speciesPittosporum cherrieri
Rusty Pittosporum
speciesPittosporum ferrugineum
Pittosporum heterophyllum
speciesPittosporum heterophyllum
Pittosporum bicolor × undulatum
hybridPittosporum bicolor × undulatum
Pittosporum confertiflorum
speciesPittosporum confertiflorum
Pittosporum ligustrifolium
speciesPittosporum ligustrifolium
Pittosporum coccineum
speciesPittosporum coccineum
Pittosporum gayanum
speciesPittosporum gayanum
Narrow-leaved Orange Thorn
speciesPittosporum lancifolium
Pittosporum daphniphylloides
speciesPittosporum daphniphylloides
Pittosporum poumense
speciesPittosporum poumense
Pittosporum turneri
speciesPittosporum turneri
Kahurangi Pittosporum
speciesPittosporum dallii
Pittosporum resiniferum
speciesPittosporum resiniferum
Pittosporum virgatum
speciesPittosporum virgatum
weeping pittosporum
speciesPittosporum phillyreoides
Pittosporum pancheri
speciesPittosporum pancheri
Thick-leaved Pittosporum
speciesPittosporum coriaceum
Veiny Pittosporum
speciesPittosporum venulosum
Pittosporum croceum
speciesPittosporum croceum
Pittosporum bracteolatum
speciesPittosporum bracteolatum
Pittosporum gracile
speciesPittosporum gracile
Pittosporum dasycaulon
speciesPittosporum dasycaulon
Pittosporum wingii
speciesPittosporum wingii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51597.