Pittosporaceae
Cape cheesewood
Pittosporum viridiflorum
- Family
- Pittosporaceae
- Genus
- Pittosporum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Kasuur
- Amharic
- ሶሌ
- Azerbaijani
- Yаşılçiçək pittоspоrum
- English
- Cape cheesewood
- Estonian
- Roheliseõieline vaiguseemnik
Synonyms
- Pittosporum abyssinicum var. angolense Oliv.
- Pittosporum antunesii Engl.
- Pittosporum arbutifolium DC.
- Pittosporum capense DC.
- Pittosporum commutatum Putt.
- Pittosporum dalzielii Hutch.
- Pittosporum feddeanum Pax
- Pittosporum kapiriense Cufod.
- Pittosporum kruegeri Engl.
- Pittosporum lynesii Cufod.
- Pittosporum malosanum Baker
- Pittosporum mannii Hook.f.
- Pittosporum mannii subsp. ripicola (J.Léonard) Cufod.
- Pittosporum quartinianum Cufod.
- Pittosporum rhodesicum Cufod.
- Pittosporum ripicola J.Léonard
- Pittosporum ripicola subsp. katangense Leonard
- Pittosporum ripicolum subsp. katangense Leonard
- Pittosporum sinense Desf.
- Pittosporum spathicalyx De Wild.
- Pittosporum ustulatum Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. afrorientale Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. arabicum Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. dalzielii (Hutch.) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. feddeanum (Pax) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. kruegeri (Engl.) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. malosanum Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. malosanum (Baker) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. meianthum Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. quartinianum (Cufod.) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. somalense Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. viridiflorum
- Pittosporum viridiflorum var. afrorientale (Cufod.) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum var. angolense (Oliv.) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum var. commutatum (Putt.) Moeser ex Engl.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum var. kruegeri (Engl.) Engl.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum var. malosanum (Baker) Cufod.
- Pittosporum viridiflorum var. viridiflorum
- Pittosporum vosselerii Engl.
Flowers
- In flower
- February, October to December (from 65 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Di Turner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: leonorus leonotis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hardwell mmola, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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.