Pittosporum undulatum

Victorian box, mock orange, Mock Orange

Family: Pittosporaceae · Type: tree · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Victorian box is a naturalized tree found in the central and southern California Coast Ranges and southern Channel Islands in coastal scrub and disturbed areas at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from November to June, this tree produces fragrant white flowers 10 to 15 millimeters long in terminal umbel-like clusters. Growing to 15 meters tall with glabrous or sparsely hairy twigs, it develops a distinctive spreading form. Its thin leaves are 7 to 15 centimeters long, oblong to lance-elliptic, with slightly wavy margins and acuminate tips. The fruit is approximately 10 to 15 millimeters round, containing nearly red seeds and splitting into two valves when mature.

Habitat: Uncommon but aggressively spreading. Disturbed areas, coastal scrub

Bloom period: Nov-Jun

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: CCo, SCo, s ChI

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.