Fragrant Olive
ओज़मैनथस
Osmanthus fragrans Lour.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 4.6 m
- wide
- 3.7 m
Oleaceae
Also called Sweet Olive, Sweet osmanthus, Sweet Osmanthus, Tea Olive
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Himalaya to S. Japan and Indo-ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 m to 4.3 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, orangeRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 桂花子, 木樨, 木犀
- German
- Süße Duftblüte
- French
- Olivier de Chine, Olivier odorant
- Japanese
- モクセイ
- Korean
- 목서
- Simplified Chinese
- 木樨, 木犀, 桂花
- Hindi
- ओज़मैनथस, सिलंग
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Osmanthus fragrans (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.