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Scientific Name : Pittosporum undulatum Common Name : Sweet pittosporum Height : Up to 15 metres Description : A rounded tree with dense foliage of shiny yellow-green leaves. Flowers are dense clusters of white bell-shaped flowers with spreading lobes. Flowers are strongly scented. Fruit are capsules containing seeds coated with a bright orange sticky mucous. Seeds are dispersed by sticking to birds investigating them as a possible food source. Habitat : Originally confined to warm-temperate rain forest and woodlands in river valleys. Now expanding through more open wet Schlerophyll forests. Distribution : Common in the Park, especially along Fosters Gully, where it is an important host to the Butterfly Orchid Sarcochilus australis. Originally confined to wet gullies, increasingly spreading throughout the Park. Blackbirds Turdus merula are usually blamed for spreading this tree into new areas. Originally confined to Eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales, but now introduced and spreading in other parts of the state, especially around Melbourne and into South Australia and Tasmania. Flowering Season : October to November Family : Pittosporaceae

Available Images View At 50% | View At 100% Sweet pittosporum flowering branch, in Fosters Gully. View At 50% | View At 100% Sweet pittosporum fruiting branch, in Fosters Gully. View At 50% | View At 100% Fruit on a tree by the Jumbuk Rd Track