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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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greyish-brown branches (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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leaves and flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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shiny green leaves with wavy margins (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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paler and duller leaf undersides (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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younger stems and dark purplish-red flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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close-up of flowers with reflexed petals (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Pittosporum tenuifolium Gaertn.
Family
Pittosporaceae
Common Names
black matipo, kohuhu, New Zealand kohuhu, pittosporum, tawhiwhi
Origin
Native to New Zealand.
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in south-eastern Australia (i.e. in southern Victoria and the sub-coastal districts of central New South Wales). Also sparingly naturalised in south-eastern South Australia and possibly naturalised in Tasmania.
Naturalised overseas in south-western USA (i.e. California).
Notes
Kohuhu (Pittosporum tenuifolium) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria.