Pittosporaceae
Cheesewood
Pittosporum tobira
- Family
- Pittosporaceae
- Genus
- Pittosporum
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- حبض, بيتوسبوروم, حبض صيني
- arz
- توبيرا بيتوسبوروم
- Asturian
- Pitosporu
- Azerbaijani
- Tоbirа pittоspоrumu
- Cantonese
- 海桐
- Catalan
- Pitòspor
- Chinese
- 海桐, 海桐枝叶, 海桐花
- English
- Cheesewood, Japanese cheesewood, Japanese mock orange, Australian laurel, Japanese pittosporum, Mock orange
- Estonian
- Jaapani vaiguseemnik
- German
- Chinesischer Klebsame
- Greek
- Αγγελικούλα, Αγγελική
- hsb
- Chinski pitosporum
- Japanese
- トベラ
- Korean
- 돈나무
- Persian
- میخک ژاپنی
- sc
- Pittosporo
- Slovak
- Slizoplod Tobirov
- Slovenian
- Lepljivka
- Vietnamese
- Son
Synonyms
- Euonymus tobira Thunb.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 254 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Benjamín Jacques, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ametsak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, 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.