Pittosporum multiflorum
Orange Thorn
Orange Thorn
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Common name: Orange Thorn
Also, Native Orange
Conservation status: unkown
Etymology:
Flowers:
Flowering occurs in spring or summer. The orange fruit often persists on the plant. Regeneration from fresh seed is slow but fairly reliable. The plant is very similar to the closely related Pittosporum spinescens, but is readily distinguished by its toothed leaf margins.[citation needed]
Fruit:
The fruit is an orange berry with a leathery skin, about one inch and a half in diameter
The seeds are large
It is eaten by the aboriginals
Leaves:
Leaves almost circular, 3 to 12 mm long, practically without leaf stalks
Mostly toothed, through rarely entire
Stem & branches:
Thickly branched with small spines
Roots:
Habit:
It is a shrub that grows from one to three metres in height
Habitat:
It grows on shales or volcanic soils
Usually in or near rainforest areas
Distribution:
Eastern Australia
Eden, NSW north to Queensland
Additional notes:
The dense foliage provides a habitat for small birds and animals
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1832 as Citriobatus multiflorus by Allan Cunningham
Was transferred to the genus, Pittosporum, by Lindy Cayzer, Michael Crisp and Ian Telford in 2000
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