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Karo, Turpentine tree
| Common
name: Karo, Turpentine tree |
Botanical
name: Pittosporum crassifolium |
| Family: Pittosporaceae
(Pittosporum family) |
Maximum
height: 9 metres |
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| Where found: |
- Sea level to 950 m.
- Tolerates well-drained, poor soils
- Mature forest/regenerating forest/forest margins and stream
sides.
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| Description: |
- Shrub or small tree with upright branches.
- The alternate, thick, leathery wavy leaves are 5-7 cm long,
up to 10 cm and up to 2.5 cm wide.
- The scented flowers are 12 mm across and occur from September
to December with the seed capsules, 2-3 cm across, ripening during
the following August-December.
- Smooth grey bark
- Seeds provide bird food.
- Tolerant of frost/wind/salt
Environmental Tolerances - key
- Hardy, but not easy to establish in heavy wet soils. Grows in
sand, prunes well, possum-hardy. Shelter or nurse tree.
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PHOTO: Barry Hartley
PHOTO: Colin Ogle
PHOTO: Colin Ogle
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