Some kind of magnolia?

[Arborowen]

Any help on identifying this one. normally i'm helping others but today this one is from one of my sites. completely stumped.

 

Looks a bit magnolia like or olive, stems and leaf backs are v.glabrous. thick fleshy leaf and strange fruits.

[TCM]

Not sure on magnolia, maybe some kind of skimmia?

[waz77]

Cucumber tree??

[Arborowen]

Should have taken more hotos really, normally i can find out what things are but this is so far beyond anything ive seen in my travels. kinda hoped i could find out.

 

Cucumber tree seems to be a term for several types of magnolia as well as other trees that have flowers or fruit resembling cucumbers, none of which look like my sample. Skimmia is too small and im familiar with it.

 

Anyone with any other suggestions?

[Arborowen]

solved

 

Pittosporum Ralphii

[Fredward]

Well done - I should have got that one, when you posted it I found myself looking through photos for ages and it was doing my head in so I gave up, I knew I recognised it!

[Arborowen]

Yes I've not come across anything like it before compared to the pittosporums commonly planted as hedges/shrubs the leaves are giant. Something about the leaf margins and segmented fruit suddenly said Kahuhu to me! Mental. Literally the high point of my week.

[tree79]

it looks like elaeagnus

[Arborowen]

It's not :-)

[tree79]

same here not come across it before, and I was a hardy nursery stock grower for 8 years to