Pittosporum tobira (common name Japanese Cheesewood) specimen from United States

Alfred Traverse

BRIT Collections
Fort Worth, United States

Plant specimen of Pittosporum tobira from United States deposited in the Botanical Research Institute of Texas collection (BRIT) at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Catalog number: BRIT595917

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Title: Pittosporum tobira (common name Japanese Cheesewood) specimen from United States
Creator: Alfred Traverse
Physical Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Transcript:
PLANTS OF TEXAS Pittosporum tobira Ait. duplicate determined by Lloyd H. Shinners, 29-IX-58 IMAGED 27 APR 2021 Harris County: Houston, 3737 Bellaire Blvd., I side of old research building. Altitude, 60 ft. Flower bed. Prepared organic sandy loom. Assoc. w. horticulturals. Large shrub, 10 ft. Diameter, ca. 12 inches- composite of several trunks. Spreading, closely branched. Leaves have resinous odor when crushed. Flower: Sweet, resinous odor. BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS Collected by Alfred Traverse, No. 425 15-IV-58
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Type: Preserved plant specimen
Publisher: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Rights: Botanical Research Institute of Texas. CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
External Link: Specimen details

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