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Genus: Pittosporum (cheesewoods - part) Life
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Order: Apiales > Family: Pittosporaceae
About 150 species (Africa through to SE Asia, Australasia,
Pacific islands), of which one, Pittosporum viridiflorum, is native to southern Africa. There are an additional two species that have become
naturalised in southern Africa and six species that are cultivated
in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Pittosporum viridiflorum
Indigenous distribution extends from southern Africa
through to India.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).
Pittosporum crassifolium
(Stiff-leaved cheesewood, Karo) Native to New Zealand. Has become naturalised in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
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Pittosporum undulatum
(Australian cheesewood, Victoria box, Mock orange)
Native to E Australia. Has become naturalised in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern
Cape and Western Cape and is a
declared Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.
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Additional species cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Pittosporum buchananii
Native to New Zealand.
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Pittosporum eugenioides (Tarata,
Tarata cheesewood) Native to New
Zealand. |
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Pittosporum phillyraeoides
(Willow cheesewood) Native to Australia. |
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Pittosporum rhombifolium
(Queensland cheesewood) Native to
eastern Australia. |
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Pittosporum tenuifolium
(Spot-leaved cheesewood, Kohuhu) Native to New Zealand. |
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Pittosporum tobira (Japanese
cheesewood, Tobira) Native to Japan,
China and Korea. |
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