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- = Pittosporum microcarpum Putt. (1839)
- = Pittosporum elegans Raoul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 2: 121 (1844)
Polygamodioec. tree with spreading branches, up to 12 m. tall, trunk up to 6 dm. diam., bark pale. Lvs alt., often approximate, 5–10–(15) × 2.5–4 cm., on rather slender petioles 1–2 cm. long. Lamina subcoriac., glossy, scented, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acute to subacute, narrowed to petiole; margins us. undulate, midrib pale. Fls fragrant, in terminal compound umbels, subcorymbosely arranged. Peduncles and pedicels with scattered hairs; peduncles 1–2 cm. long, pedicels c. 5 mm. long. Sepals ovate to narrow-ovate, pale, membr., c. 2 mm. long; petals narrow-oblong, yellowish, 5–7 mm. long. Capsules glab., finely granulate, ovoid to elliptic in outline, 5–6 mm. long; valves 2 or sts 3; seeds immersed in viscid pulp, remaining ± covered by papery endocarp at dehiscence.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Oct.–Dec.; Fruiting: Oct.–Jan.