Pittosporaceae
Ho'awa
Pittosporum confertiflorum
- Family
- Pittosporaceae
- Genus
- Pittosporum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Ho'awa
Synonyms
- Pittosporum cauliflorum H.Mann
- Pittosporum cauliflorum f. pedicellatum (Sherff) J.E.Haas
- Pittosporum cauliflorum var. pedicellatum Sherff
- Pittosporum cladanthum Sherff
- Pittosporum cladanthum var. skottsbergii H.St.John
- Pittosporum confertiflorum f. longipes (Sherff) J.E.Haas
- Pittosporum confertiflorum var. longipes Sherff
- Pittosporum halophiloides Sherff
- Pittosporum lanaiense H.St.John
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.