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Pittosporum moluccanum
Pittosporum moluccanum, commonly known as the Atlas moth plant, is a small tree growing in the Northern Territory and Western Australia in Australia, as well as Taiwan, the Philippines and Malesia.
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Description
Pittosporum moluccanum is a small, rounded, dioecious tree that grows to around 7 metres. It flowers in from February to August in dry in monsoonal northern Australia. Fruits are 10 mm (0.39 in) long by 8 mm (0.31 in) wide capsules that ripen orange-brown, inner bright yellow; they contain 15–16 seeds enclosed in bright red sticky arils. It is a host plant for the Atlas Moth.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 431475.