Citation: Vent., Descr. Pl. Nouv. t. 76 (1802).

Synonymy: P. undulatum Vent. Subsp. emmettii W.M. Curtis, Stud. Fl. Tas. edn 2, 1:57 (1975).

Common name: Sweet pittosporum, Victorian box.

Description:
Shrub or small tree 3-13 m tall; bark smooth, flaking in c. 1 cm squares; leaves alternate, broadly elliptic to oblanceolate, 6-17 x 1-5 cm, green above, pale beneath, tomentulose, becoming glabrous with maturity.

Inflorescence terminal, clustered or in cymes of 4-15 flowers; pedicels 2-8 mm long, peduncles 17-23 mm long, subtended by whorls of leaves and numerous brown tomentose ciliate bud scales 1-2 mm long; sepals lanceolate, 6-10 x 1-2 mm, connate in a tube which splits into 2, tomentulose, falling before the petals; petals narrowly oblanceolate, 11-17 x 3-4 mm, coherent at base, spreading to recurved above; ovary 4-6 x 1.5-2.5 mm, tomentose.

capsules subglobose, 2-valved, 8-14 mm diam., yellow, orange or brown, smooth to lightly rugose, glabrous; seeds 12-22, red to dark-red or black, irregular, 3-4.5 x 1.5-2 mm, smooth.

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, figs 467 & 468.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, NL, SL, KI, SE.   Native to Qld; N.S.W.; Vie.; Tas. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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