Pittosporum Rhombifolium
The leaves are about 75 mm long with toothed margins.
Pittosporum rhombifolium. Small to medium tree 13 30 m high canopy narrow almost glabrous throughout. An attractive shrub with flowers regularly in summer. Germinates readily without pre treatment. Find help information on pittosporum rhombifolium queensland pittosporum from the rhs. Examples include the willow pittosporum pittosporum angustifolium the tarata pittosporum pittosporum tenuifolium and the. Margin flat or up turned. Pittosporum meaning pitch seed which refers to the resinous film covering the seeds and rhombifolium the rhomboidal shape of the leaves.
The leaves are a dull dark green with a pale midrib and maroon stems. Bark is grey rough and cork like foliage is dark green leaves long and similar to holly leaves and it bears small white flowers in clusters from november to january which are the followed by orange berries. The leaves are glossy dark green and are rhomboid shaped. The optimum germination temperature for germination is around 18 22 c soak seed overnight in water. It has a smooth grey bark and glossy green foliage with a districtive diamond or rhomboid shape. The white flowers and orange fruit make it a most appealing street or garden tree. Seedling and adult leaves alternate or clustered at end of branches angular obovate to rhombic.
Droplet shaped fleshy black fruits appear during winter and early spring each containing several rounded yellow spotted seeds. Pittosporum rhombifolium is a dense conical shaped tree that bears clusters of creamy star shaped flowers in spring. Although seed can be sown most of the year in australia seed is generally best sown in spring or autumn avoid the coldest and hottest months of the year. 86 120 mm long 35 70 mm wide glabrous. Its a fast grower and will attract bees. The pittosporum genus contains a wide range of landscape trees. Known as the diamond leaf pittosporum this tree is planted in many parts of australia as an ornamental.
A popular ornamental evergreen tree from nsw and queensland. Formerly known as pittosporum rhombifolium. The flowers are followed by vibrant orange berries that eventually split open revealing the black seeds within. Ex hook auranticarpa rhombifolia is a rainforest tree of eastern australia.