Sweet pittosporum
Common weeds
- Scientific name
- Pittosporum undulatum
- Description
- Dense rounded large shrub to small tree. Shades the ground, stifling other species. Fragrant flowers, popular for hedging.
- Weed category
- Enironmental weed
- How to indentify
- Fragrant, shiny, dark green, elliptic leaves 6-17cm x 2-5cm, lighter green below. Margins are wavy, clustered towards ends of branches. Clusters of 4-5 fragrant creamy bell-shaped flowers, round orange-yellow fruit capsules April to August, sticky orange-red seeds.
- How it spreads
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- Birds
- Animals
- Garden waste
- Dumped soil
- Seeds on shoes and tyres
- Environmental impact
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Abundant weed in the shire. Regenerate readily, invading bushland areas.
- Suggested plant replacement
- Removal methods
- Plant specific removal methods
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Target fruit bearing plants first, cut as close to the ground as possible and immediately paint with poison.
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