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Pittosporum tobira
Japanese cheesewood
As recorded: Pittosporum tobira (Murray) Aiton fil.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Apiales › Pittosporaceae
- Collected by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Collector number
- 37070
- Date
- May 22, 1956
- Locality
- 0.5 km south of Nusukun-Muru, 2.3 km south-southwest of Ozato
- Island
- Ishigaki Island
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Elevation
- 50 m
- Identified by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 22, 1956, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 2 other specimens.
Pittosporum tobira observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1956. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5,340 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
Santuario Pelagos, Rapallo, Liguria, IT
(c) rlohi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Terra Rossa, 20090 Ajaccio, France
(c) rodmajurel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Avenida Mitre Y Darwin, B1874 Villa Dominico, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
(c) Uriel Balma findlay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Ctra. de l'Hospitalet - Av. Pablo Picasso, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
(c) J. Allen Ratzlaff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-10-22
9P53+832, Bigova 85330, Czarnogóra
(c) K.P., some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-22
Seogwipo, KR-CJ, KR
(c) 二里岗流云, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Pittosporum tobira. BISH 783265. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956275753. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/783265.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956275753 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026