Family: Pittosporaceae
Plant: A tall erect shrub up to 3m high.
Flowers: Yellow, fragrant and often rusty hairy, bell-shaped or tubular with 5 recurved lobes and 5 stamens. The flowers are borne in small terminal clusters.
Flowering: September-October.
Fruit: Orange, rough textured, ovoid capsule about 3cm long that splits to reveal numerous bright red sticky seeds.
Leaves: Glossy broad elliptic 6-15cm long and 2-6cm wide with slightly wavy margins and prominent veins. Alternately arranged but appearing whorled or clustered at ends of the branches. Adult leaves and the underside of young leaves have rusty hairs.
Habitat: Rainforest margins and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Mature leaves with rusty hairs. Fragrant yellow bell-shaped flowers. Large orange fruit.
Name:
Pittosporum From Greek = resin-seed (referring to the sticky coating on its seeds).
revolutum From Latin revolutus = to roll back (referring to the curled back margins of its petals).
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Orange |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Whorled |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire, Wavy |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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