Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

Pittosporum crassifolium A.Cunn.

PITTOSPORACEAE

Karo

Unknown, Potential minor problem species

Origin: New Zealand

Growth Form: Tree/shrub

Plant Description: Shrub or small tree, to 5m, bark smooth, dark gray; leaves obovate or oblanceolate, to 3 inches long, leathery, whitish-tomentose beneath, with about 5 pairs of secondary veins, margins thickened and revolute; flowers dark red to purple, to 1/2 inch long, in 10-flowered terminal clusters; capsules globose to elliptic, usually 3-valved, to 1.5 inches long, gray-tomentose, seeds black.

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Comments: Suspected/Possible