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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.

Hábitat: Urban areas

Aspecto

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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Japanese cheesewood

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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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

Sweet Scent Beacon

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

Medidas y detalles

Altura
200-500 cm
Extensión
200-600 cm
Tamaño de la flor
0.5-1 cm
Temporada de floración
Late spring to early summer
Comestible
No
Toxicidad
Leve
Ciclo de vida
Perenne
Método de polinización
Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el altura de Japanese cheesewood?

200-500 cm

¿Cuál es el extensión de Japanese cheesewood?

200-600 cm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la flor de Japanese cheesewood?

0.5-1 cm

¿Cuál es el temporada de floración de Japanese cheesewood?

Late spring to early summer

¿Cuál es el comestible de Japanese cheesewood?

No

¿Cuál es el toxicidad de Japanese cheesewood?

Leve

¿Cuál es el ciclo de vida de Japanese cheesewood?

Perenne

¿Cuál es el método de polinización de Japanese cheesewood?

Insectos

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