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Pittosporum taitense (Wild Coffee; Native daphne; Orange pittosporum; Australian cheesewood; mock orange; sweet pittosporum; Victorian box; Victorian laurel)

Synonyms: Pittosporum lequerrei; Pittosporum undulatum (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pittosporum taitense is a species of plant in the Pittosporaceae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia.
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Invasive Species

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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  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 [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The flowers are powerfully scented at night;
Specific Gravity [4]  0.745
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Can be grown as a windbreak hedge in the mildest areas of the country, resisting maritime exposure; Wood. Used in the manufacture of golf clubs;
Height [2]  39 feet (12 m)
Width [2]  26 feet (8 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Pittosporum taitense

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Norfolk Island National Park II 1723 Australian external territories, Australia  

Ecosystems

Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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