Appearance
It is an evergreen shrub which can reach 10 m tall by 3 m broad, and can become treelike. It can also be trimmed into a hedge.The leaves are oval in shape with edges that curl under and measure up to 10 cm in length. They are leathery, hairless, and darker and shinier on the upper surfaces.
The inflorescence is a cluster of fragrant flowers occurring at the ends of branches. The flower has five white petals each about a centimetre long. The fruit is a hairy, woody capsule about 1 cm wide divided into three valves. Inside are black seeds in a bed of resinous pulp.
Naming
The binomial qualifier ''tobira'' derives from the Japanese name for the plant.Predators
Common pests of this plant include various aphids, mites, and leafhoppers, the cotton cushiony scale, and root-knot nematodes. It can be attacked by the pit-making pittosporum scale. It is vulnerable to the fungal plant pathogen ''Erythricium salmonicolor'', which causes galls and the dieback disease known as pink limb blight.References:
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