Pittosporum revolutum Ait. f.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Pittosporum revolutum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pittosporum/pittosporum-revolutum/). Accessed 2024-03-19.

Synonyms

  • P. fulvum Rudge

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
midrib
midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
umbel
Inflorescence in which pedicels all arise from same point on peduncle. May be flat-topped (as in e.g. Umbelliferae) to spherical (as in e.g. Araliaceae). umbellate In form of umbel.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Pittosporum revolutum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pittosporum/pittosporum-revolutum/). Accessed 2024-03-19.

An evergreen shrub up to 10 or 12 ft high, the young shoots felted with pale brown wool. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly ovate, much tapered at both ends, 112 to 412 in. long, 13 to 114 in. wide, glabrous above, covered beneath with brown wool, especially on the midrib; stalk 14 to 12 in. long, woolly. Flowers 13 to 12 in. long, produced in spring on a terminal, few-flowered umbel, sometimes solitary. Petals yellow, recurved; sepals awl-shaped, 14 in. long; flower-stalks woolly.

Native of New South Wales; introduced according to Aiton in 1795. It is rather distinct on account of the dense covering of brown wool on the young shoots and leaves. It is not hardy near London and is adapted only for the southwestern counties and places with a similar climate.