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(First upload on July 28 2013. Last on September 2 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Pittosporum Banks ex Sol. (トベラ) in Japan

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Pittosporaceae R. Br. Lfieform: trees, shrubs, and lianas (in 9-10 genera) Distribution: Tropical to temperate climates Pittosporum There are about 200 shrub and tree species in this genus, distributed in Australasia, Oceania, and eastern Asia.

Not naturally distributed in Hokkaido Probably Gondwanan (ゴンドワナ) in origin Flowers developing five sepals and five petals. Widley used for gardening, hedge, and ornamental P. boninense Koidz. (シロトベラ) var. chichijimense (Nakai ex Tuyama) H. Ohba (オオミノトベラ) var. lutchuense (Koidz.) H. Ohba (オキナワトベラ)

P. daphniphylloides Hayata (ヤドリオオバトベラ) P. illicioides Makino (コヤスノキ) P. parvifolium Hayata (コバトベラ) var. beecheyi (Tuyama) H. Ohba (ハハジマトベラ) P. tenuifolium Sol. ex Gaertn. (クロバトベラ) P. tobira (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton (トベラ) P. undulatum Vent. (シマトベラ) P. viburnifolium Hayata (オニトベラ)

Pittosporum tobira in Japan

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Tobera (トベラ, 扉/海桐花), Japanese pittosporum, Japanese mock-orange or Japanese cheesewood Japanese name: originating from tobira (扉, door) that becomes species epithet Lifeform: dioecism, evergreen shrub < 3 m high (occasionally ≈ 10 m) Distribution: southern China - Taiwan - Korea - Japan (south to Tohoku District)

Habitat: rocky seashore var. calvescens Ohwi (タカサゴトベラ): Taiwan f. macrophyllum (Nakai) Sugim. (オオバトベラ) and many cultivars

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[1/2] at West Ariake Pier Park, Tokyo, on May 12 2013. [3] close to an AMeDAS establised in Shionomisaki Cape, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 25 2024. [4-6] in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo, on November 13 2015.