Scientific Name: Pittosporum undulatum

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  • Pronunciation:
    pitt-oh-SPOR-um un-due-LAR-tum
  • Common Name:
    Sweet Pittosporum
  • Derivation:
    Pittosporum: Gr. pitta - pitch, spora - a seed (refers to sticky covering of seed) undulatum: L. undulatus - wavy (refers to leaf margins)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    PITTOSPORACEAE
  • Flowers:
    white, cream
  • Fruit:
    yellow, orange, black seed)
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Eucalypt Forest,
  • Species List:
    Stratford Park, Heritage Park, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Noosa High School, NNP service road, Wooroi Palm Grove, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Upper Yandina Creek, Boreen Point, Kin Kin Scrub, Wallace Park,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential

:Veterinary: reported to have healed dog's wounds.

Identification Notes

a tree |young shoots glabrous or slightly hairy

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list ||This plant is a serious environmental weed when grown in cooler parts of Australia, out of its natural range||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||