Pittosporum eugenioides (kīhihi; lemonwood; tarata)

Pittosporum eugenioides A.Cunn. (1939) 

Aotearoa (New Zealand) Indigenous species of trees – names: " kīhihi; lemonwood; tarata " .

 

Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

 

Breitwieser I., Heenan P. J.; Nelson W. A., Wilton A. D. (eds.) (2010–2025) 
Flora of New Zealand Online – Taxon Profile - Pittosporum eugenioides A.Cunn. .
Accessed at: https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Pittosporum-eugenioides.html 
Viewed: 2025 May 24th .

 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Pittosporum eugenioides A.Cunn. → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/134020/api/apni-format  .
Viewed: 2025 May 24th .

 

• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora:
Pittosporum eugenioides A.Cunn. → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/180bc86e-ee2a-4e6e-9061-0034cdcf2f04
VicFlora: Royal Botanic Gardens Vic. : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
Quotation:
"
VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, CVU, HSF, HNF, Strz. Also SA, NSW, Tas.
Native to New Zealand, commonly cultivated (particularly variegated forms) as a hedge or specimen shrub, occasionally escaping cultivation, recorded with other weedy species in wet forest mainly south of the Dividing Range (e.g. Dandenong Ranges, Gembrook, Noojee, Walhalla etc.).

This species superficially resembles the native P. undulatum in habit and aroma, differing in the larger, more complex inflorescence and smaller capsules.
".
Viewed: 2025 May 24th .

 

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Pittosporum eugenioides A.Cunn. → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pittosporum~eugenioides  
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 May 24th .

 

• Miguel F. de Salas, M. L. Baker (2024)
"i Pittosporum eugenioides A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 106 (1840) " – i means: "introduced and naturalised in Tasmania"
–page 70 in:
A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island.
Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart . 
https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/
Viewed: 2025 May 24th .

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Pittosporum eugenioides is listed in the following regions:

Southern Highlands


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