| Japanese Cheesewood |
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| File size | 117958 |
| Original date | 9/10/10 4:05 PM |
| Resolution | 768 x 576 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A700 |
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Botanical name: Pittosporum tobira Cv. variegata Family: Pittosporaceae (Pittosporum family)
Synonyms: Euonymus tobira
Synonyms: Euonymus tobira
Japanese Cheesewood is a popular evergreen shrub that is used as a
landscape plant, as a cut foliage crop, and occasionally as a potted plant
for interior. Leaves are evergreen, thick and leathery, obovate, with
entire margins, up to 4 inches long. Flowers are fragrant, white to lemon
yellow, in many flowered umbellate clusters. Fruit is a 3 valved, globose
capsule. Japanese Cheesewood (cv. Variegata) is the most popular
cultivar. Japanese Cheesewood is native to Japan and China.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in cultivation. |
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