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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 indigenous to southern Africa. In addition, there are two
additional species of Pittosporum that have become naturalised and
Hymenosporum flavum. Further species in the Pittosporaceae are cultivated in
gardens in southern Africa.
Genera indigenous or naturalised (*) in southern Africa
* Hymenosporum (Sweet
cheesewood) There is a single species,
Hymenosporum flavum (Sweet cheesewood), which is indigenous 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
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Pittosporum
About 150 species (Africa through to SE Asia,
Australasia, Pacific islands), of which one, Pittosporum viridiflorum,
is indigenous in southern Africa. There are an additional two species that
have become naturalised in southern Africa and a number of other species
that are cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Exotic genera, not listed above, that are cultivated in
southern Africa
Sollya
Sollya heterophylla is indigenous to Western
Australia and is cultivated in gardens in southern Africa. |
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Billardiera
Billardiera cymosa (Sweet apple berry, Love fruit)
is indigenous to Australia and is cultivated in gardens in southern Africa.
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