Taxon:
Osmanthus fragrans Lour.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. cochinch. 1:29. 1790
Verified:
05/23/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
- Green, P. S. 1958. A monographic revision of Osmanthus in Asia and America. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22:484-495.
- Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
- Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
- Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery.
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
sweet osmanthus – French
olivier odorant – German
Duftblüte – Japanese Rōmaji
gin-mokusei – Portuguese
flor-do-emperador – Transcribed Chinese
mu xi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Nagaland | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Sikkim | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range obscure |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India [Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim], Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar (n.), Thailand (n.)
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) |
Food additives | flavoring | for wine and tea in China | Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. |
Materials | essential oils | used in perfumery | Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |