[f. Tolosa, name of a place near Hobart.] A name in Tasmania of the wood of Pittosporum bicolor, also called Cheese-wood in Victoria, and in both countries White-wood.
1866. Treas. Bot., Tolosa-wood, Pittosporum bicolor.
1884. Miller, Plant-n., Pittosporum bicolor, Cheese-wood or White-wood of Victoria, Tolosa-wood, White-wood of Tasmania.