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Japanese cheesewood

Pittosporum tobira

Japanese cheesewood is a lovely shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers. It can grow tall and is often used in gardens to make them beautiful and fragrant.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Japanese cheesewood is an evergreen shrub with dense, glossy, leathery leaves that are dark green, sometimes variegated with yellow or white edges. It has clusters of small, star-shaped flowers that bloom in late spring, starting white and turning creamy yellow. Its overall shape is typically mounding and compact.

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Japanese cheesewood

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

After flowering, it grows fuzzy green fruits that eventually split open to show bright red, sticky seeds inside!

In some places, people have used its flexible branches to weave strong and beautiful baskets!

Its starry flowers start pure white, then slowly change to a creamy yellow color as they mature!

The 'cheesewood' name might come from its pale, cheeselike wood or its sweet-smelling flowers!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

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Salt-Spray Shield

Japanese cheesewood has tough, waxy leaves that resist salty sea winds, helping it thrive in coastal environments.

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Drought Survivor

Its thick, leathery leaves help the Japanese cheesewood store water and reduce loss, allowing it to endure dry spells.

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Evergreen Energy

The Japanese cheesewood keeps its shiny green leaves all year round, so it can make food and grow even in winter.

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Sweet Scent Beacon

Japanese cheesewood releases a sweet, citrusy scent from its flowers, acting like a perfume to attract pollinating insects.

Maße und Details

Höhe
200-500 cm
Ausbreitung
200-600 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to early summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

Attracted by fragrant flowers

eats

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Sucks sap from stems/leaves

eaten by

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

May consume its seeds/fruits

eats

Black rat

Rattus rattus

Feeds on seeds and fruits

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Do not eat any part of the plant, as it can make you feel sick.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Japanese cheesewood?

200-500 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Japanese cheesewood?

200-600 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Japanese cheesewood?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Japanese cheesewood?

Late spring to early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Japanese cheesewood?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Japanese cheesewood?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Japanese cheesewood?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Japanese cheesewood?

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