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Pittosporum ralphii
Also called Karo
Pittosporum ralphii, also known as karo, soft karo, or Ralph's desertwillow is a small tree up to 6 m (20 ft) tall. Pittosporum ralphii is native to New Zealand.
Endemic to New Zealand, Pittosporum ralphii can be found on the East Cape to Northern Wairarapa, and along the Wairarapa and Pātea rivers. It has also become naturalised further south in both the North and South Island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pittosporum ralphii 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.
