Pittosporum family
PITTOSPORACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Billardiera scandens Common Appleberry Wyee, April 2007	Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn Wyee, December 2007	Citriobatus pauciflorus Orange thorn Wyee, September 2007	Hymenosporum flavum Sweetshade Sydney, August 2006
Pittosporum eugenioides 'variegatum' Lemonwood Sydney, July 2007	Pittosporum revolutum Brisbane Laurel Photo : courtesy of Doug and Ruth Jessop Coombabah, April 2007	Pittosporum rhombifolium Diamond Pittosporum Wyee, November 2007	Pittosporum tenuifolium Kohuhu Wyee, September 2011

Pittosporum tobira Japanese Pittosporum Sydney, October 2006

Pittosporum undulatum Sweet Pittosporum Wyee, August 2008

Pittosporum venulosum Velvet Pittosporum Bundaberg

A number of Australian Butterflies and Moths have larvae that prefer to feed on plants in PITTOSPORACEAE, including:

Paralucia aurifer

Paralucia pyrodiscus

Paralucia spinifera

Gymnoscelis species

Cardamyla carinentalis

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Australian butterflies

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(updated 26 January 2012)