Appearance
It is a tree to 10 m, with pendulous branches. The leaves are long and thin, 4 to 12 cm long and 0.4–1.2 cm wide. The small creamish yellow tubular flowers have a pleasant scent. Flowering occurs from late winter to mid spring.Up to 1.4 cm in diameter, the small round orange fruit resembles an apricot and can remain on the tree for several years. The wrinkled dark red seeds are held within a sticky yellow pulp. Full sun and good drainage is recommended for planting. Seeds germinate in around 17 days without any particular difficulty at 25 °C. There's around 20 viable seeds per gram.
Naming
Common names include Weeping Pittosporum, Butterbush, Cattle Bush, Native Apricot, Gumbi Gumbi, Cumby Cumby, Meemeei and Berrigan."Pittosporum angustifolium" was first described in 1832 in the Loddiges' "The Botanical Cabinet". George Bentham combined this species and "P. ligustrifolium" with "P. phillyreoides", however all three were split in the 2000 revision; the true "P. phillyreoides" is only found in a narrow coastal strip of northwestern Australia. The weeping foliage of "P. angustifolium" distinguishes it from the other two taxa.
Distribution
"Pittosporum angustifolium" is a widespread plant found across most of inland Australia in mallee communities, alluvial flats, ridges, as well as dry woodland and on loamy, clay or sandy soils, however it is never common. The hanging low branches and thin leaves gives a graceful and willow-like effect.References:
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