Pittosporaceae
Taiwanese cheesewood
Pittosporum pentandrum
- Family
- Pittosporaceae
- Genus
- Pittosporum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 七里香, 五蕊海桐, 臺灣海桐
- English
- Taiwanese cheesewood
- Estonian
- Viietolmukaline vaiguseemnik
Synonyms
- Aquilaria pentandra Blanco
Flowers
- In flower
- May to October (from 25 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.