Pittosporum undulatum from California-GS25022021-3

[Gurcharan Singh]

Pittosporum undulatum  Vent.

A tree with more or less glabrous twigs, leaves green, thin, undulate, oblong to lanceolate-elliptic; flowers white in an umbel; fruit glabrous, 10-15 mm. In similar looking species P. tenuifolium leaves are greyish green, flowers red to purple black, fruit 10-12 mm hairy. Photographed from San Francisco Zoo, California, 22-11-2012.

Here is a key to species from Japson eFlora of California:

1. Leaf abaxially white, densely hairy ..... P. crassifolium

1' Leaf abaxially green, glabrous or subglabrous

2. Leaf margin ± turned under, stiff, leathery ..... P. tobira

2' Leaf flat, ± wavy, flexible, not leathery

3. Leaf pale gray-green, no odor when crushed; petals dark red to purple-black ..... [P. tenuifolium]

3' Leaf bright green, strong odor when crushed; petals white ..... P. undulatum

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.

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