| Weeping pittosporum |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Apiales |
| Family: |
Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: |
Pittosporum |
| Species: |
P. angustifolium |
| Binomial name |
Pittosporum angustifolium
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| Synonyms |
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- Pittosporum acacioides A.Cunn.
- Pittosporum lanceolatum A.Cunn. nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Pittosporum longifolium Putt.
- Pittosporum phillyraeoides var. microcarpa S.Moore orth. var.
- Pittosporum phillyreoides var. microcarpa S.Moore
- Pittosporum phillyreoides var. microcarpa S.Moore isonym
- Pittosporum phylliraeoides var. microcarpa E.M.Benn. orth. var.
- Pittosporum roeanum Putt.
- Pittosporum salicinum Lindl. p.p.
- Pittosporum phillyreoides auct. non DC.: Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Pittosporaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
- Pittosporum phillyreoides auct. non DC.: Bennett, E.M. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia
- Pittosporum phillyreoides auct. non DC.: Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Pittosporaceae.
- Pittosporum phillyreoides auct. non DC.: Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Pittosporaceae. Flora of New South Wales
- Pittosporum phillyreoides auct. non DC.: Walsh, N.G. & Albrecht, D.E. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Pittosporaceae.
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Pittosporum angustifolium, commonly known as butterbush, weeping pittosporum, berrigan, native willow, native apricot, western pittosporum, apricot tree, bitter bush, cattle bush or poison berry tree, is a weeping shrub or tree that is endemic to mostly inland, continental Australia. It has oblong, linear or narrowly elliptic leaves, fragrant yellow to cream-coloured flowers arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of branches, and oval to spherical, yellowish capsules with dark or orange-red seeds.