Pittosporaceae
Tawhiwhi
Pittosporum tenuifolium
- Family
- Pittosporaceae
- Genus
- Pittosporum
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 薄叶海桐, 薄葉海桐
- Czech
- Slizoplod černající
- English
- Tawhiwhi, Black matipo, Kohuhu
- Estonian
- Õhukeselehine vaiguseemnik
- French
- Pittospore de Nouvelle-Zélande
- German
- Schmalblättriger Klebsame
- hsb
- Wuski pitosporum
- Māori
- Kōhūhū, Kohukohu, Rautāhiri, Tawhiwhi
- Spanish
- Pitosporo de hojas tenues
- Welsh
- Llwyn cohwhw
Synonyms
- Pittosporum bidwillianum Regel
- Pittosporum colensoi Naudin
- Pittosporum colensoi var. fasciculatum (Hook.f.) Cheeseman
- Pittosporum enderi Regel
- Pittosporum fasciculatum Hook.f.
- Pittosporum fasciculatum Kirk
- Pittosporum mayi hort. ex Regel
- Pittosporum mayi Cazzuola
- Pittosporum nigricans hort. ex McMinn & Maino
- Pittosporum tenuifolium subsp. fasciculatum (Hook.f.) Kirk
- Pittosporum tenuifolium subsp. tenuifolium
- Pittosporum tenuifolium unranked variegatum J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
- Pittosporum tenuifolium var. fasciculatum (Hook.f.) Kirk
- Pittosporum translucens Hook. ex Putt.
- Schoutensia monophylla Endl.
- Trichilia monophylla A.Rich.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.