Osmanthus range in size from shrubs to small trees, 2–12 m (7–39 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, evergreen, and simple, with an entire, serrated or coarsely toothed margin. The flowers are produced in spring, summer or autumn, each flower being about 1 cm long, white, with a four-lobed tubular-based corolla ('petals'). The flowers grow in small panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. The fruit is a small (10–15 mm), hard-skinned dark blue to purple drupe containing a single seed.[4]
Osmanthus × fortunei Carrière (O. fragrans × O. heterophyllus)
Cultivation
Osmanthus decorus
Osmanthus are popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the warm temperate zone. Several hybrids and cultivars have been developed. Osmanthus flower on old wood and produce more flowers if unpruned. A pruned shrub often produces few or no flowers for one to five or more years, before the new growth matures sufficiently to start flowering.
In Japan, Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. aurantiacus Makino (fragrant orange-colored olive) (kin-mokusei) is a favorite garden shrub. Its small deep golden flowers appear in short-stalked clusters in late autumn. It has an intense sweet fragrance. A variant with white flowers (gin-mokusei) is also popular.
The flowers of O. fragrans are used throughout East Asia for their scent and flavour, which is likened to apricot and peach.
In China, osmanthus tea (桂花茶, guìhuāchá) combines sweet osmanthus flowers with black or green tea leaves. In Liuzhou, it is used to flavor a locally brewed beer. Sweet osmanthus and osmanthus tea are particularly associated with the city of Guilin (桂林, literally "Forest of Sweet Osmanthus").
^ abcFlora of China, v 15 p 286, 木犀属 mu xi shu, Osmanthus Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 28. 1790.
^José Ignacio De Juana Clavero, Cambios nomenclaturales en la sección Leiolea (Spach) P. S. Green, del género Osmanthus Lour. (Oleaceae), Bouteloua 22: 28-39 (XI-2015)
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Osmanthus ɒ z ˈ m ae n 8 e s 3 is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae Most of the species are native to eastern Asia China Japan Korea Indochina the Himalayas etc and was originally found in the middle east of the Himalayas with a few species from the Caucasus New Caledonia and Sumatra 1 4 Osmanthus has been known in China since ancient times with the earliest writings coming from the Warring States period the book Sea and Mountain South Mountain states Zhaoyao Mountain had a lot of Osmanthus OsmanthusOsmanthus heterophyllus in flowerScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder LamialesFamily OleaceaeTribe OleeaeSubtribe OleinaeGenus OsmanthusLour Synonyms 1 2 Siphonosmanthus StapfOsmanthus range in size from shrubs to small trees 2 12 m 7 39 ft tall The leaves are opposite evergreen and simple with an entire serrated or coarsely toothed margin The flowers are produced in spring summer or autumn each flower being about 1 cm long white with a four lobed tubular based corolla petals The flowers grow in small panicles and in several species have a strong fragrance The fruit is a small 10 15 mm hard skinned dark blue to purple drupe containing a single seed 4 Contents 1 Species 2 Cultivation 3 Uses 4 References 5 External linksSpecies EditSpecies accepted 1 4 Osmanthus armatus Diels Shaanxi Sichuan Hubei Hunan Osmanthus attenuatus P S Green Guangxi Guizhou Yunnan Osmanthus austrocaledonicus Vieill Knobl New Caledonia Osmanthus cooperi Hemsl Anhui Fujian Jiangsu Jiangxi Zhejiang Osmanthus cymosus Guillaumin P S Green New Caledonia Osmanthus decorus Boiss amp Balansa Kasapligil Caucasian osmanthus Turkey Caucasus Osmanthus delavayi Franch Guizhou Sichuan Yunnan Osmanthus didymopetalus P S Green Guangdong Hainan Osmanthus enervius Masam amp T Mori Taiwan Nansei Islands Osmanthus fordii Hemsl Guangdong Guangxi Osmanthus fragrans Lour Sweet osmanthus sweet olive fragrant tea olive Himalayas northern and eastern India Nepal Bhutan Assam Indochina Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Japan China Guizhou Sichuan Yunnan Sichuan Taiwan Osmanthus gracilinervis L C Chia ex R L Lu Guangdong Guangxi Hunan Jiangxi Zhejiang Osmanthus hainanensis P S Green Hainan Osmanthus henryi P S Green Guizhou Hunan Yunnan Osmanthus heterophyllus G Don P S Green Holly osmanthus holly olive false holly mock holly hiiragi Japan Taiwan Nansei Islands Osmanthus insularis Koidz Korea Japan Nansei Islands Ogasawara Islands Osmanthus iriomotensis T Yamaz Nansei Islands Osmanthus kaoi T S Liu amp J C Liao S Y Lu Taiwan Osmanthus lanceolatus Hayata Taiwan Osmanthus monticola Schltr Knobl New Caledonia Osmanthus pubipedicellatus L C Chia ex H T Chang Guangdong Osmanthus reticulatus P S Green Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hunan Sichuan Osmanthus rigidus Nakai Kyushu Osmanthus serrulatus Rehder in C S Sargent Sichuan Osmanthus suavis King ex C B Clarke in J D Hooker Assam Bhutan Nepal Sikkim Myanmar Yunnan Tibet Osmanthus urceolatus P S Green Sichuan Hubei Osmanthus venosus Pamp Hubei Osmanthus yunnanensis Franch P S Green Yunnan TibetSpecies transferred to Cartrema 2 5 Osmanthus americanus L A Gray Devilwood southeastern US from Texas to Virginia eastern and southern Mexico Osmanthus floridanus Chapman Florida Osmanthus marginatus Champ ex Benth Hemsl Nansei Islands Taiwan Vietnam Anhui Fujian Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hainan Hunan Jiangxi Sichuan Yunnan Zhejiang Osmanthus matsumuranus Hayata Assam Thailand Laos Cambodia Vietnam Anhui Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Jiangxi Taiwan Yunnan Zhejiang Osmanthus minor P S Green Fujian Guangdong Guangxi Jiangxi Zhejiang Osmanthus scortechinii King amp Gamble Thailand Sumatra Peninsular Malaysia Osmanthus sumatranus P S Green SumatraGarden hybridsOsmanthus burkwoodii Burkwood amp Skipwith P S Green O delavayi O decorus Osmanthus fortunei Carriere O fragrans O heterophyllus Cultivation Edit Osmanthus decorus Osmanthus are popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the warm temperate zone Several hybrids and cultivars have been developed Osmanthus flower on old wood and produce more flowers if unpruned A pruned shrub often produces few or no flowers for one to five or more years before the new growth matures sufficiently to start flowering In Japan Osmanthus fragrans Lour var aurantiacus Makino fragrant orange colored olive kin mokusei is a favorite garden shrub Its small deep golden flowers appear in short stalked clusters in late autumn It has an intense sweet fragrance A variant with white flowers gin mokusei is also popular Uses EditMain article Osmanthus fragrans The flowers of O fragrans are used throughout East Asia for their scent and flavour which is likened to apricot and peach In China osmanthus tea 桂花茶 guihuacha combines sweet osmanthus flowers with black or green tea leaves In Liuzhou it is used to flavor a locally brewed beer Sweet osmanthus and osmanthus tea are particularly associated with the city of Guilin 桂林 literally Forest of Sweet Osmanthus Osmanthus wine is prepared by infusing whole Osmanthus fragrans flowers in huangjiu or other types of rice wine and is traditionally consumed during the Mid Autumn Festival PepsiCo makes Osmanthus flavored Pepsi for the Chinese domestic market ref The Economist November 2022 References Edit a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families a b Nesom G L 2012 Synopsis of American Cartrema Oleaceae Phytoneuron 2012 96 1 11 Sunset Western Garden Book 1995 606 607 a b c Flora of China v 15 p 286 木犀属 mu xi shu Osmanthus Loureiro Fl Cochinch 1 28 1790 Jose Ignacio De Juana Clavero Cambios nomenclaturales en la seccion Leiolea Spach P S Green del genero Osmanthus Lour Oleaceae Bouteloua 22 28 39 XI 2015 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osmanthus Data related to Osmanthus at Wikispecies Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Osmanthus amp oldid 1125809448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
