Pittosporum tobira Calflora

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Taxon Report

Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Aiton

Japanese cheesewood, Mock orange

2022 Ron Vanderhoff

2007 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

2017 Ron Vanderhoff

2005 Luigi Rignanese

2015 Zoya Akulova

2022 Ron Vanderhoff

Pittosporum tobira is a tree or shrub that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (53 records) Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Pittosporum
Family:	Pittosporaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat the leaf, stem or fruit of this plant.

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Information about Pittosporum tobira from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PITO2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/30/2023).