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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmanthus fragrans   FAMILY Oleaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Fragrant Tea Olive


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Paul Thompson    pstosmanthus_fragrans

September?        

Twigs are swollen at the nodes. — Clemson Extension

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Fran Durovchic Villa    fdv_image0

October    Greenville County    SC

in cultivation

In coastal areas it reaches 20-30' high, reduced in size further inland, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Osmanthus fragrans, Fragrant Tea Olive

Fran Durovchic Villa    fdv_image2

October    Greenville County    SC

in cultivation

The small white flowers are quite fragrant, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Osmanthus fragrans, Fragrant Tea Olive

Fran Durovchic Villa    fdv_image3

October    Greenville County    SC

in cultivation

Lvs oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, 2-4(5)" long, finely dentate or entire, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Osmanthus fragrans, Fragrant Tea Olive

JK Marlow    jkm101120_292

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Osmanthus fragrans, Fragrant Tea Olive

JK Marlow    jkm101120_292b

November    Greenville County    SC

Many-flowered cymes fascicled in leaf axils. Pedicel 4-10mm. Calyx ~ 1mm, per Flora of China.

 

 


PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmanthus fragrans   FAMILY Oleaceae

 

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3018

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious or andro-dioecious

Non-native

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
Margins finely dentate or entire

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed campanulate calyx
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual, usually becoming unisexual

Inflorescence a few-flowered axillary panicle

FRUIT:
Purple-black
Drupe

 

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