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The capsule of kōhūhū, showing the black seeds encased in a sticky substance. Most of the plants in the genus Pittosporum are easily propagated from seed, but germination may be slow. [3] In horticultural production, the sticky substance coating the seeds is removed before sowing, as it acts as a germination inhibitor.
The trees bloom from February to September. The inflorescences are dense drooping cylindrical clusters up to 50 cm long, composed of numerous minute white to pale green flowers. Fleshy fruits form from May to September. They are 1 cm long by 4mm wide, white turning red or purple, and each contains two seeds. [3]
The stem, leaves, and flower stalks are covered with sticky hairs. [4] The right-green leaves are dissected, many-toothed, and deeply-lobed. Its bloom period is April to September, depending on elevation and latitude. It has saucer-shaped, pink-to-purple flowers [4] measuring 1.5
Schefflera / ˈ ʃ ɛ f l ər ə / [1] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae with 13 species native to New Zealand and some Pacific islands. [2]The genus is named in honor of Johann Peter Ernst von Scheffler [], physician and botanist of Gdańsk, and later of Warsaw, who contributed plants to Gottfried Reyger [] for Reyger's book, Tentamen Florae Gedanensis.
Pittosporum (/ p ɪ ˈ t ɒ s p ə r əm / [2] or / ˌ p ɪ t ə ˈ s p ɔːr əm,-t oʊ-/ [3] [4]) is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. [1] Plants in the genus Pittosporum are shrubs or trees with leaves arranged alternately along the stems.
The leaves and stems of the plant can be cooked as a leaf vegetable if gathered before the fruits harden. [9] However, the numerous small hooks which cover the plant and give it its clinging nature can make it less palatable if eaten raw. [27] [28] Cleavers are in the same family as coffee.
Fruits. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 8–9 m tall, free-standing, or clinging to the trunks of other trees as an epiphyte.The leaves are palmately compound, with 7–9 leaflets, the leaflets 9–20 cm long and 4–10 cm broad (though often smaller in cultivation) with a wedge-shaped base, entire margin, and an obtuse or acute apex, sometimes emarginate.
Lythrum salicaria or purple loosestrife [2] is a flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. It should not be confused with other plants sharing the name loosestrife that are members of the family Primulaceae. Other names include spiked loosestrife and purple Lythrum. This herbaceous perennial is native to Europe and Asia, [3] and ...