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Kohuhu
| Common
name: Kohuhu |
Botanical
name: Pittosporum tenuifolium |
| Family: Pittosporaceae
(Pittosporum family) |
Maximum height: 9
metres |
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| Where found: |
- Sea level to 920m.
- Well-drained/fertile site
- Mature forest/regenerating forest/forest margins.
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| Description: |
- Inside the forest it grows with a slender, straight trunk, but
along the forest margins and in the open it forms a tight much-branched
tree from the ground upwards.
- Wavy margined, silvery-green, glossy leaves.
- The flowers are either male or female on separate trees or together
on the same tree. The reddish-purple flowers turn black as they
age and are sweet-scented at dusk.
- Grey and blistered bark on old trees.
- Seeds provide bird food in late autumn
- Tolerant of frost/wind. Won't tolerate water logging or extreme
draught. Possum hardy nurse tree, prunes well for a shade tree,
screen or hedge.
Environmental
Tolerances - key
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PHOTO: Barry Hartley
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