Oleaceae
Sweet osmanthus
Osmanthus fragrans
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Osmanthus
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- عبقة أريجية
- Armenian
- Օսմանթուս
- arz
- عبقه اريجيه
- Bulgarian
- Ароматен османтус
- Cantonese
- 桂
- Chinese
- 桂花, 木樨, 木犀, 桂花子, 桂花枝, 桂花根, 桂花露, 桂花，木犀
- English
- Sweet osmanthus, Fragrant olive, Sweet olive, Tea olive
- Estonian
- Magus lõhnaõis
- French
- Olivier odorant, Olivier de Chine, Kinmokusei, Olea fragrans
- German
- Süsse Duftblüte, Süße Duftblüte
- Hindi
- सिलंग, ओज़मैनथस
- Italian
- Osmanti, Osmanto
- Japanese
- モクセイ, きんもくせい, 桂花, 金木犀
- Korean
- 목서, 은목서
- lzh
- 桂
- Malay
- Zaitun manis
- mnc
- ᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡳᠯᡳᡥᠠ
- nan
- Kùi-hoe
- Nepali
- सिरिङ्गे
- Persian
- اسمانتوس فراگناس
- Polish
- Wończa pachnąca
- Spanish
- Tea olive
- Thai
- หอมหมื่นลี้
- Vietnamese
- Quế hoa
- za
- Gveiqva
Flowers
- In flower
- October to November (from 123 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Yasunori Yamamoto, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonah McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: MUNENORI YAMAKAWA, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Laitr Keiows, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: froggymum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lal Chauhan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: eLJot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.