Pittosporum moluccanum

Pittosporum moluccanum, commonly known as the Atlas moth plant, is a small tree growing in found in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, as well as Taiwan, the Philippines and Malesia.

[1] 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.

It is described as a complex of species that extend from Taiwan, Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, Malaysia, Eastern Java, Java and the lesser Sunda Island.

The Australian species found in the Northern Territory and Western Australia appears to be the common with the eastern Indonesian coastal species Pittosporum timorense.

Pittosporum moluccanum at East Point in Darwin.