Pittosporaceae
Australian cheesewood
Pittosporum undulatum
- Family
- Pittosporaceae
- Genus
- Pittosporum
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![Australian cheesewood: Klebsame ( Pittosporum undulatum ) - Flower [Probably misidentified! Looks more like Pittosporum tobira ]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pittosporum_undulatum_%28Flower%29_2.jpg/1280px-Pittosporum_undulatum_%28Flower%29_2.jpg)
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Common names
By language (7)
- Bangla
- পিটোস্পোরাম
- Chinese
- 波叶海桐, 岛海桐
- English
- Australian cheesewood, Mock orange, Native daphne, Victorian box
- Estonian
- Lainjalehine vaiguseemnik
- Finnish
- Aaltokielopuu
- Persian
- میخک زینتی
- Portuguese
- Faia da rocha, Faia-do-norte, Incenseiro, Incenso, Pau-incenso, Pitosporo, Pitósporo-ondulado, Árvore-do-incenso
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
![Australian cheesewood: Klebsame ( Pittosporum undulatum ) - Flower [Probably misidentified! Looks more like Pittosporum tobira ]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pittosporum_undulatum_%28Flower%29_2.jpg/500px-Pittosporum_undulatum_%28Flower%29_2.jpg)
Photo: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Duarte Ana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: animujo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dedecamargo0202, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: feist susana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jason Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dicapriccioso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification 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.