Japanese Pittosporum; Mock Orange; Australian Laurel
Pittosporum tobira · Pittosporaceae · 돈나무
How to spot it
Fragrant five-petaled flowers in umbels at the branch tips, evergreen obovate leaves with smooth margins, and a dense form.
Look
- Leaves
- Leathery dark green obovate to spoon-shaped leaves 2.5 to 7.5 cm long with blunt tips and smooth margins.
- Flowers
- In late spring (April to May), five-petaled flowers cluster in umbels at the branch tips, creamy at first and gradually turning yellowish, with an orange-blossom scent.
- Fruit
- A pear-shaped, three-chambered capsule ripens from green to brown and opens to show conspicuous red seeds. It is not edible.
Where it grows
- Native to
- China and Japan.