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Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Osmanthus
Species:
O. fragrans
Binomial name
Osmanthus fragrans
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Notelaea posua D.Don
  • Olea acuminata Wall. ex G.Don
  • Olea buchananii Lamb. ex D.Don
  • Olea fragrans Thunb.
  • Olea ovalis Miq.
  • Olea posua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [Invalid]
  • Osmanthus acuminatus (Wall. ex G.Don) Nakai
  • Osmanthus asiaticus Nakai
  • Osmanthus aurantiacus (Makino) Nakai
  • Osmanthus intermedius Nakai
  • Osmanthus latifolius (Makino) Koidz.
  • Osmanthus longibracteatus H.T.Chang
  • Osmanthus macrocarpus P.Y.Pai

Osmanthus fragrans (lit. 'fragrant osmanthus'), variously known as sweet osmanthus, sweet olive, tea olive, and fragrant olive, is a flowering plant species native to Asia from the Himalayas through the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan in China, Taiwan, southern Japan and Southeast Asia as far south as Cambodia and Thailand.[3][4][5][6]

In China, it is the "city flower" of the cities of Hangzhou, Zhejiang; Suzhou, Jiangsu; and Guilin, Guangxi. In Japan, it is the "city tree" of Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture; Kashima, Saga Prefecture; Beppu, Ōita Prefecture; and the "town tree" of Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture.

  1. ^ "The Plant List entry for Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus".
  2. ^ "The Plant List entry for Osmanthus fragrans var. fragrans".
  3. ^ Flora of China: Osmanthus fragrans
  4. ^ Flora of Pakistan: Osmanthus fragrans
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Osmanthus fragrans
  6. ^ Loureiro, João de. 1790. ora Cochinchinensis 1: 29, Osmanthus fragrans

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