Osmanthus fragrans

Clasification
Regnum     : Plantae
Divisio        : Magnoliophyta
Class           : Magnoliopsida
Ordo           : Scrophulariales
Familia       : Oleaceae
Genus         : Osmanthus
Species       : Osmanthus fragrans
Local name : ki-Hua

Description 

Osmanthus fragnant is a evergreen tree or shub wwith strongly scented flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental and a long history of use in traditional herbal medicine and flavouring tea and confectionery. The generic name Osmanthus come from the Greek osma, meaning  fragrant, and anthos, meaning flower. Osmanthus fragrans certainly lives up to this name, having  exquisitely scented flower. It has been cultivated in China for about 2,500 years. and is still of importance there today, the flower being widely used to flavour tea, wine and sweets, as well as an ingredient in herbal medicine. The city of Guilin (meaning forest of sweet osmanthus) is named after the numerous Osmanthus trees there. It is a popular street tree  throughout the warmer parts of China, filling the air with scent on warm autumn evenings. A large, upright shrub or small tree in the wild, with finely- toothed, evergreen, glossy dark green leaves 7-15 cm and 2-5 cm wide. The flower are small (5 mm long) creamy-white  (or orange-coloured in Osmanthus  fragrans var. aurantiacus).strongy fragnant, four-petalled and are borne in  stalked cluster, from summer to autum. The fruits are bluish berries up to 12 mm long. Osmanthus fragnant was formally described by Joao  de Loureiro, a portuguese Jesuit missionary, whose flora Cochinchinensis, published in 1790, included descriptions of plants from Cochinchina (in southern Vietnam), China and Mozambique.

Spot Caracter
Have a small flower with strong fragrance

Benefit
Benefit from Osmanthus fragrans can be used for Ornamental plant, can be herbal medicine, and is used in perfumery and as a flavouring. The flower are used to make a scented jam and tea, and in traditional herbal medicine a decoction of the stem bark is used to treat boils and carbuncles. The esential oil has insect-repelling properties.

Distribution 
Native from the Himalaya to China, Indonesia and sout Japan, also commonly cultivated in China, Taiwan and south Japan

Location at UPI
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