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105Pittosporum spinescens
| Categories | ShrubTree |
| Common Name(s) | Wallaby Apple, Large-fruited Orange Thorn, Cattle Berry, Wild Peach |
| Family | Pittosporaceae |
Description
"Shrub or small tree to 8 m high, branchlets mostly spinose; spines c. 1 cm long." (PlantNet)
Notes
Pittosporum spinescens seed has been offered to us by an enterprising seed collector who regularly develops seed lines previously ignored in our industry. At least some of this behaviour is driven by curiosity for natural things. This is very encouraging. I mention it here because we dream of and work towards a world where the innate industriousness of mankind might be united with a new veneration for nature.
Pittosporum spinescens is found inland from Rockhampton and Mackay and could fit well into mining rehabilitation projects. It remains to be seen how it will store and how it will perform in direct seeding however the related taxon, Pittosporum angustifolium, readily propagates from seed in our own areas of observation.
Historical Notes
Distribution
Pittosporum spinescens is found throughout eastern parts of Queensland from north to south and to a lesser degree in New South Wales. Some more inland herbarium specimens in Queensland were taken at Ka Ka Mundi National Park and near Porcupine Creek north of Hughenden. It is also found in the most northern part of Western Australia.
References and Related Links
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System). Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au [Accessed: Feb 18, 2022]
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pittosporum~spinescens
https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Pittosporum%20spinescens