Accession Data
Pittosporum eugenioides
Common Name: Tarata, Lemonwood
Family: Pittosporaceae
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Description: Tree, to 40 feet, trunk pale gray, smooth; leaves elliptic, to 4 inches long, margins usually undulate; flowers yellow, fragrant, to 1/4 inch long, in many-flowered terminal panicles; capsule 2-valved, to 1/4 inch in diameter, glabrous.
Uses: A resin obtained by incision or bruising the bark is used as a chewing gum. The resin is also used as a hair oil, in pot pourri and to treat halitosis.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9-11
Accession #: 198600108
Accession Date: 1986-02-17 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2314
Quantity: 1
Source: Christchurch B.G.
Culture: Grow in fertile, well-drained soil and keep moist over summer to maintain the foliage at its best. They need full sun or part-shade, and a sheltered position in colder areas.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid II
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
References
- Plants For A Future Website
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.
- Pittosporum eugenioides at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.
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