Pittosporum bicolor

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum

At a glance

Occurrence records6 605

Data sources6

Biological traits47

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Pittosporum bicolor's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 605 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources47 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF6 605 records

01Narrative

Pittosporum bicolor, commonly known as cheesewood or banyalla, is a flowering shrub or small tree of the family Pittosporaceae, and is native to south eastern Australia. It is common and widespread, growing as an understorey plant in temperate wet sclerophyll forests of south eastern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology20

Fruit length8 mm

Fruit width7.5 mm

Leaf length40 mm

Leaf length max80 mm

Leaf length min30 mm

Leaf mass18.14 mg

Leaf mass per area147 g/m2

Leaf size489 mm²

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 489 mm² · AusTraits: 246 mm²

Leaf width7.5 mm

Leaf width max18 mm

Leaf width min5 mm

Petiole length0.25 cm

Plant height15 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 15 m · TRY: 14 m

Plant height max18 m

Plant height min3 m

Seed length2.5 mm

Seed mass5.66 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 5.66 mg · AusTraits: 3.49 mg · GIFT: 5.66 mg

Seed mass max5.66 mg

Seed mass min5.66 mg

Seed width2 mm

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_oblong narrowly_ovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry6

Leaf n9.45 mg/g

Leaf p0.438 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)8.55 mm²/mg

Wood density680 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type6 605 records

Wild obs. + sensor5 919

Museum / vouchered670

Cultivated / captive15

Other1

Origin

Native88

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO11 516 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 4 488≤1 km 688≤10 km 232>10 km 64

5 472 georeferenced · 447 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor5 919

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 39≤1 km 265≤10 km 243>10 km 55

602 georeferenced · 68 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence670

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km

≤1 km 6≤10 km 1

7 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living15

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions18 of 27 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Hobart, AU	175
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	174
Canberra, AU	123
Mount Annan, AU	87
Brisbane, AU	21
Adelaide, AU	19
QVMAGlocation not on record	17
Armidale, AU	10
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	6
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	6
Kew, GB	5
Auckland, NZ	4
Smithfield, AU	3
Wellington, NZ	2
EL PASO, US	2
Saint Louis, US	1
Guangzhou, CN	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
MAlocation not on record	1
Rotorua, NZ	1
LDlocation not on record	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Kensington, AU	1
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record	1
Batemans Bay, AU	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Palmerston, AU	1

27 institutions · 666 of 670 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Pittosporum bicolor

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology20

Life cycle & reproduction9

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry6

Other traits1

Record type6 605 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions18 of 27 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type6 605 records