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Family: Pittosporaceae (cheesewoods)
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Order: Apiales
There are nine genera and about 200 species (Tropics and
subtropics from Africa to the Pacific; not in America). Eight of the nine genera
are endemic to the Australasian region. Pittosporum viridiflorum is the
only species native to southern Africa. In addition, there are two
additional species of Pittosporum that have become naturalised and
Hymenosporum flavum is also naturalised. A further eight species in the Pittosporaceae are cultivated in
gardens in southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).
Pittosporum
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
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Genera naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).
Hymenosporum (Sweet
cheesewood) There is a single species,
Hymenosporum flavum (Sweet cheesewood), which is native to Australia
and New Guinea and which is cultivated in gardens in South Africa. It has
become naturalised in parts of KwaZulu-Natal. It is a shrub and has winged
seeds. |
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Other genera, cultivated in
southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Sollya
Sollya heterophylla is native to Western
Australia and is cultivated in gardens in southern Africa. |
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Billardiera
Billardiera cymosa (Sweet apple berry, Love fruit)
is native to Australia and is cultivated in gardens in southern Africa.
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