Scientific Name
Pittosporum undulatum Vent.

Family
Pittosporaceae

Common Names
Australian cheesewood, Australian daphne, Australian mock orange, cheesewood, mock orange, native daphne, native orange, orange pittosporum, orange-berry pittosporum, pittosporum, snowdrop tree, sweet pittosporum, Victorian box, Victorian laurel, wild coffee

Origin
Native to the coastal and sub-coastal districts of eastern Australia (i.e. south-eastern and central Queensland, eastern New South Wales, the ACT and eastern Victoria).

Cultivation
Sweet pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum) has been widely cultivated as a garden ornamental in eastern and southern Australia.

Source

An individual mountain laurel shrub can produce thousands of seeds annually. It’s a good idea to pinch off spent flowers so the plant can put its energy into next year’s blooms instead of reproduction. Deadheading also helps to prevent legginess. Mountain laurel is slow growing, and at maturity, it averages 6 to 15 feet in he

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Evergreen shrub or tree growing up to 12m high, with slender branches and native to eastern Australia. It has smooth, grey bark and leaves which are up to 150mm long, thin, shiny and dark green. The flowers are white and fragrant, up to 13mm long with five downward curving petals; flowering from August-September. Fruits are showy, two-halved capsules up to 13mm in diameter, orange turning brown; seeds surrounded by a sticky pulp.

Source

This species reproduces by seed and suckers.Seeds are eaten and spread by fruit-eating (i.e. frugivorous) birds. They are also dispersed by sticking to birds, other animals and clothing and are sometimes spread in dumped garden waste.

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