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Heart-leaved Kohuhu

Pittosporum obcordatum

Heart-leaved Kohuhu
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Pittosporaceae (Pittospor family)
Grows as
Tree
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Pittosporum obcordatum, commonly called heart-leaved kohuhu or heart-leaved kohukohu or kohukohu, is a species of plant in the Pittosporaceae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, and is found both in the North Island and the South Island.

Pittosporum obcordatum was discovered by Étienne Raoul in 1840 in Akaroa, but could then not be found again on Banks Peninsula for 170 years. It was rediscovered by Melissa Hutchison in 2012 in Okains Bay, and confirmed by local botanist Hugh Wilson.

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Natural global range :

Other Pittosporum plants

Pittosporum aliferum · Weeping Pittosporum · Pittosporum artense · Banyalla · Pittosporum brevispinum · Pittosporum ceylanicum · Pittosporum coccineum · Pittosporum collinum · Madeira Pittosporum · Perching Kohukohu · Stiffleaf cheesewood · Dalls Pittosporum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pittosporum obcordatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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