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(First upload on August 30 2013. Last on April 23 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Osmanthus fragrans Lour.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Osmanthus Lour. (モクセイ)
O. fragrans Lour. (モクセイ, s.l.)
= sweet osmanthus, sweet olive, tea olive, or fragrant olive
var. aurantiacus Makino (キンモクセイ, 金木犀)
Lifeform: evergreen short tree
Distribution: southern China
Flower: white - yellow
Utilization: gardening → flavor
Synonyms: Osmanthus aurantiacus (Makino) Nakai

f. aurantiacus (Makino) P. S. Green (キンモクセイ, s.s.)
f. leucanthus T. Yamaz. (シロモクセイ)
f. thunbergii (Makino) T. Yamaz. (ウスギモクセイ)
Synonyms:

Osmanthus intermedius Nakai
Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. thunbergii Makino
Osmanthus aurantiacus (Makino) Nakai var. thunbergii (Makino) Honda

var. fragrans (ギンモクセイ)
索引

Osmanthus fragrans in Japan


var. aurantiacus (キンモクセイ)

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, on November 11 2013. [3] a bark (樹皮)

var. aurantiacus f. thunbergii (ウスギモクセイ)

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on March 17 2024.

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