Pittosporaceae
Pittosporum Family
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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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.
Which Pittosporaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Pittosporaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Pittosporaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodTypical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
VenationPinnate
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
Families that can look similar
Araliaceae
Compare against Araliaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare AraliaceaeApiaceae
Compare against Apiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ApiaceaeRubiaceae
Compare against Rubiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare RubiaceaeSolanaceae
Compare against Solanaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare SolanaceaeAll 4 species in PITTOSPORACEAE
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