Pittosporum multiflorum

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       AAngiosperms > Eudicots > Asterids >  Campanulids > Apiales > Pittosporaceae > Pittosporum  multiflorum

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Plant  information

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]

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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

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittosporum_multiflorum (2023)