Pittosporum Fruit

Plain pittosporum facts list.

Pittosporum fruit. Excellent for screens windbreaks. At maturity the plants may get 12 feet high with an 18 foot spread. It also spreads in dumped garden waste and contaminated soil and seeds stick to footwear. Pittosporum pitta is greek for pitch or resin and sporum seeds referring to the seed which may have a resinous coating. Sooty mold on leaves is a sign of infestation. In the southern africa pittosporum is the only genus. Susceptible to aphids and scale.

Slow drying sticky resin covers the red or orange seeds. Its present range extends from australasia oceania eastern asia and some parts of africa. Ripe fruit yellowish or orange splits open to reveal sticky seeds. Hardier than japanese. The fruits are attractive to birds and other animals including posums and foxes. The planting pruning and care you provide this shrub will ensure the proper development of your. Fruit is a capsule or a berry.

Name pittosporum family pittosporaceae type shrub height 6 to 16 feet 2 to 5 meters exposure full sun soil ordinary foliage evergreen flowering march to june. Chinese pittosporum pittosporum heterophyllum. Zones ms ls cs. Sweet pittosporum is invasive in new zealand south africa and usa. It is a serious weed problem outside its natural range in sa tasmania victoria and wa. Pittosporum apart from its shy flowers has simply beautiful leaves. The plants produce fragrant creamy white flowers at the ends of the stems set in clusters.

Pittosporum p ɪ ˈ t ɒ s p ə r əm or ˌ p ɪ t ə ˈ s p ɔːr əm t oʊ is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family pittosporaceae.