genus
Cheesewoods
Pittosporum
Field notes
Pittosporum ( or ) is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. Plants in the genus Pittosporum are shrubs or trees with leaves arranged alternately along the stems. The flowers are arranged singly or in cymes, with white to yellow petals fused at the base forming a short tube, with stamens that are free from each other. The fruit is a capsule with a single locule that opens to reveal angular seeds.
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- Japanese Cheesewood introduced
- Australian Cheesewood introduced
- Kōhūhū introduced
- Tarata introduced
- Karo introduced
- Taiwanese Cheesewood introduced
- Cape Cheesewood present
- Native Apricot
- Karo
- Pittosporum illicioides
- Rautāwhiri
- Black-fruited Thornbush
- Haekaro
- Cheesewood
- Koolau Range Cheesewood native
- Kona Cheesewood native
- Rusty Pittosporum
- Pittosporum heterophyllum
- Ho'awa native
- Waialeale Cheesewood native
- Pittosporum daphniphylloides
- Petroleum-nut
- Weeping Pittosporum
- Hoawa native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native cheesewoods All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Kona Cheesewood
Pittosporum hosmeri
food
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Koolau Range Cheesewood
Pittosporum glabrum
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Ho'awa
Pittosporum confertiflorum
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Waialeale Cheesewood
Pittosporum gayanum
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Hoawa
Pittosporum halophilum
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Pittosporum kauaiense
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Hōʻawa
Pittosporum napaliense
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Cream Cheesewood
Pittosporum terminalioides
- Hawai'i Cheesewood Pittosporum hawaiiense
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Pittosporum flocculosum
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Pittosporum argentifolium