Pittosporum eugenioides
Tarata · also Lemonwood, Tarata lemonwood, White mapau
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Pittosporum eugenioides, known as tarata or lemonwood, is an evergreen tree native to New Zealand, growing up to 12m tall. It features fragrant yellow-cream flowers in spring and leaves with a strong lemony smell when crushed. This species is fairly drought tolerant once established and provides habitat and food for birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1360.10%—8.5 in
- 520.03%—1.9 in
- 140.00%30 yr9.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6–15 ft
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.0 in, mean 8.0 in, 90th percentile 15 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New Zealand North Island temperate forests
- New Zealand South Island temperate forests
Other Pittosporum in the catalogue
10 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
