AusTraits

Pittosporum tenuifolium

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Family Pittosporaceae

Taxonomy: Pittosporum tenuifolium Gaertn.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), ANBG_2019 (8), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 56 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.75 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 13.5 mm (12-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 43.75 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.95 cm (0.7-1.2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (2); obovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.68 mg (5.57-19.81 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.24 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.26 mm (3.26-3.26 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231521Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231518VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ANBG_201958Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.