Kwai-Fah

Osmanthus fragrans (Wikipedia)

Osmanthus fragrans
Osmanthus fragrans (orange flowers).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Osmanthus
Species:
O. fragrans
Binomial name
Osmanthus fragrans
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.

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