Sweet pittosporum

Family: Pittosporaceae
Scientific name: Pittosporum undulatum
Description: Plant Form: Large evergreen shrub or tree. Size: Up to 25 m tall. Stem: Smooth light grey to brownish coloured bark, new stems green. Leaves: On stalks, smooth and glossy green, elongated elliptical, with wavy edges. Flowers: Small creamy white flowers, up to 2 cm diameter, with 5 petals which curve backwards, in clusters, of 4-5. Fruit and Seeds: Hard, round, or slightly flattened capsules, 1.5 cm diameter, starting green but turning orange then splitting open to release 20-30 seeds when ripe. Habitat: Rainforests, gardens, grasslands, roadsides, urban woodlands, riparian areas. Distinguishing Features: Has smooth-edged leaves unlike Diamond-leaved pittosporum (Auranticarpa rhombifolia). Brush Muttonwood (Myrsine howittiana) has smaller purplish berries. Can hybridise with Banyalla (Pittosporum bicolor) producing very close lookalikes. **Note: this species is native to wet forests of Eastern Australia but is also invasive. Weed Status: Priority Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Non-weedy Native Lookalike, Invasive Garden Escapee Lifeform: Shrubby, Woody/tree

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