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Botanical Family · Apiales

Pittosporaceae

Pittosporum Family

4 speciesOrder Apiales3+ well-known plants

The Pittosporaceae family (Pittosporum Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Apiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 4 species. Its members are predominantly trees. Familiar examples include White Flowered Resin Seed, Cape Cheesewood and Nilgiri Cheesewood.

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Representative PITTOSPORACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Pittosporaceae
Key pattern

Alternate, often glossy, leathery leaves on shrubs and trees; fragrant, five-petalled flowers ripen into a capsule that splits open to reveal seeds embedded in a sticky, resinous coating.

The sticky resin coating the seeds inside the capsule helps them cling to feathers or fur, hitching a ride with passing birds and animals for dispersal.

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Typical leaf characters

  • ArrangementVariable
  • TypeVariable
  • MarginVariable
  • Pinnate venation leaf characterVenationPinnate

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

  • Flower symmetryVariable
  • InflorescenceVariable
  • FruitBerry

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

White Flowered Resin SeedPittosporum dasycaulonCape CheesewoodPittosporum floribundumNilgiri CheesewoodPittosporum neelgherrense

All 4 species in PITTOSPORACEAE

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