| Family |
Pittosporaceae |
| Scientific name |
Pittosporum tobira (Thunberg ex Murray) W. T. Aiton |
| Synonyms |
Delastrus tobira Thunberg; Euonymus tobira Thunberg; Pittosporum tobira
var. lanntum Masamune; Pittosporum tobira var. macrophyllum Nakai |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) tobera [gate] |
| (English common name) Australian-laurel, Japanese mock orange, Japanese pittosporum, mock orange |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=24 |
| Description |
Plants 2-3m. Leaves 5-10cm. Flowers white 5 petals each 9-11mm, flowering
in April to June. Evergreen. Shrub. |
| Reference |
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton |
| Pittosporum tobira (Thunberg) W. T Aiton |
| Aqueous extract from pittosporaceae effective for treating diabetes and liver dysfunction (US Patent 5118714/1992) |
| Antineoplastic chemotherapeutic of plant origin, having high selectivity and greatly reduced toxicity, and process for the preparation thereof (US Patent 5558866/1996) |
| Use of stereoisomers of calendula gylcosides for the treatment of psoriasis (US Patent 6313099/2001) |
| Use of calendula glycosides for the treatment of psoriasis (US Patent 6225342/2001) |
| Cultured cells of Australian laurel, Pittosporaceae and a method for culturing tissues by using said cultured cells (US Patent 6800482/2004) |
| Anticancer biangeloyl saponins (US Patent 7262285/2007) |
