Osmanthus fragrans

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

Osmanthus fragrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
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

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.