Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Ait. f.

English: Japanese Cheesewood

German: Chinesischer Klebsame, Pechsamenstrauch

Mandarin: 海桐 (hai tong)

Portuguese: Pitospóro-da-China

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Rosales (124)

        Family: Pittosporaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Pittosporum (3)

            Epithet: tobira (Thunb.) Ait. f. (1)

tobira => from the Japanese common name for P. tobira

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

Check for Pittosporum tobira at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [80] Pittosporum tobira - University of Florida, Environmental Horticulture
• [337] Pittosporum tobira - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [636] Pittosporum tobira - Plants For A Future database
• [1594] Pittosporum tobira - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.