About Pittosporum pentandrum (Blanco) Merr.
This species is Pittosporum pentandrum (Blanco) Merr. Plants in the Pittosporum genus are shrubs or trees, and are occasionally spiny. They have smooth-edged leaves that range from linear to lance-shaped or egg-shaped, with the narrower end toward the base, and each leaf is borne on a petiole. Flowers grow at the ends of branches or in leaf axils, arranged in cymes or clusters. Their sepals are free from one another. Petals are linear or lance-shaped with the narrower end toward the base, and are partly fused to form a tube. Anthers are shorter than the filaments and open via two longitudinal slits. The fruit is a woody or leathery capsule, containing seeds that are immersed in a sticky fluid. Plants of the Pittosporum genus are native to parts of southern Africa, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, India, parts of China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands.
