Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Oleaceae
Genus:	Osmanthus
Species:	O. fragrans
Binomial name
Osmanthus fragrans Lour.
Synonyms
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"; Chinese: 桂花, guìhuā, and 木樨, mùxī; Cantonese Yale: gwai fā; Japanese: 木犀, mokusei; Hindi: सिलंग, silang), variously known as sweet osmanthus, sweet olive, tea olive, and fragrant olive, is a species native to Asia from the Himalayas through southern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan) to Taiwan and southern Japan and southeast Asia as far south as Cambodia and Thailand.

In China, it is the "city flower" of the cities of Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Guilin. In Japan, it is the "city tree" of Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and the "town tree" of Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture.