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Pittosporum tobira (Japanese cheesewood)

Synonyms: Euonymus tobira (homotypic); Pittosporum chinense; Pittosporum tobira var. chinense; Pittosporum tobira var. tobira

Wikipedia Abstract

Pittosporum tobira is a species of flowering plant in the Pittosporum family known by several common names, including Australian laurel, Japanese pittosporum, mock orange and Japanese cheesewood. It is native to Japan, China, and Korea, but it is used throughout the world as an ornamental plant in landscaping and as cut foliage. The binomial qualifier tobira derives from the Japanese name for the plant. The species and the cultivar 'Variegatum' have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Infraspecies

Pittosporum tobira var. calvescens

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Screening - Summer [3]  Dense
Screening - Winter [3]  Dense
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [3]  White
Foliage Color [3]  White-Gray
Fruit Color [3]  Orange
Bloom Period [3]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [3]  High
Fire Tolerance [3]  None
Flower Type [4]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [3]  7 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [3]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [3]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [3]  Summer
Growth Form [3]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [3]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [3]  Moderate
Hazards [4]  This plant contains saponins; Saponins are found in many foods, such as some beans, and although they are fairly toxic to people they are poorly absorbed by the body and most pass straight through without any problem. They are also broken down if the food is thoroughly cooked for a long time. Saponins are much more toxic to some creatures, such as fish, and hunting tribes have traditionally put large quantities of them in streams, lakes etc in order to stupefy or kill the fish;
Leaf Type [4]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Propagation [3]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting
Root Depth [3]  18 inches (46 cm)
Scent [4]  The flowers are very fragrant, with a scent reminiscent of orange blossom. They can pervade the air for a considerable distance;
Seed Spread Rate [3]  None
Seed Vigor [3]  Low
Shape/Orientation [3]  Erect
Structure [4]  Shrub
Usage [4]  Very tolerant of pruning and maritime exposure, it can be grown as a wind resistant hedge. It can be used in shelterbelt plantings;
Vegetative Spread Rate [3]  None
Flower Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Height [4]  20 feet (6 m)
Width [4]  13.12 feet (4 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [3]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Light Preference [3]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Water Use [3]  Moderate
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve V 1777 Spain  

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Providers

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Factors Influencing Interannual and Intersite Variability in the Diet of Trachypithecus francoisi, Qihai Zhou & Zhonghao Huang & Xiansheng Wei & Fuwen Wei & Chengming Huang, Int J Primatol (2009) 30:583–599
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0