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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 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.
Species indigenous or naturalised (*) in southern Africa
* Pittosporum crassifolium
(Stiff-leaved cheesewood, Karo) Indigenous
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)
Indigenous 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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Pittosporum viridiflorum
Indigenous distribution extends from southern Africa
through to India.
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Additional species cultivated in southern Africa
Pittosporum buchananii
Indigenous to New Zealand.
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Pittosporum eugenioides (Tarata,
Tarata cheesewood) Indigenous to New
Zealand. |
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Pittosporum phillyraeoides
(Willow cheesewood) Indigenous to Australia. |
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Pittosporum rhombifolium
(Queensland cheesewood) Indigenous to
eastern Australia. |
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Pittosporum tenuifolium
(Spot-leaved cheesewood, Kohuhu) Indigenous
to New Zealand. |
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Pittosporum tobira (Japanese
cheesewood, Tobira) Indigenous to Japan,
China and Korea. |
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