Oleaceae
Holly osmanthus
Osmanthus heterophyllus
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Osmanthus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 冬树, 圓葉木犀, 柊树, 桂花子, 異葉木犀, 香木菌桂, 异叶木犀, 异叶格树
- English
- Holly osmanthus
- Japanese
- ひいらぎ, 柊木, 疼木
Synonyms
- Olea aquifolium Siebold & Zucc.
- Olea aquifolium f. cuneata Miq.
- Olea aquifolium f. subintegra Miq.
- Olea aquifolium var. cuneata (Miq.) Miq.
- Olea aquifolium var. ilicifolia (Hassk.) Dippel
- Olea aquifolium var. myrtifolia (G.Nicholson) Dippel
- Olea aquifolium var. rotundifolia (W.Bull) H.Jaeger
- Olea aquifolium var. subintegra (Miq.) Miq.
- Olea ilicifolia Hassk.
- Olea rotundifolia (W.Bull) Entleutner
- Osmanthus acutus Masam. & T.Mori
- Osmanthus aquifolium (Thunb.) Siebold
- Osmanthus aquifolium f. subangustatus Makino
- Osmanthus aquifolium unranked variegatus-nanus J.Dix
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. argenteomarginatus (Bean) L.H.Bailey
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. argenteus C.K.Schneid.
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. atropurpureus C.K.Schneid.
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. aureovariegatus (Mouill.) L.H.Bailey
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. aureus C.K.Schneid.
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. ilicifolius (Hassk.) G.Nicholson
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. myrtifolius (G.Nicholson) G.Nicholson
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. purpureus Bean
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. rotundifolius (W.Bull) G.Nicholson
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. variegatus Standish
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. variegatus-nanus (J.Dix) Jacob-Makoy
- Osmanthus aquifolium var. viridis-variegatus Jacob-Makoy
- Osmanthus bibracteatus Hayata
- Osmanthus heterophyllus f. subangustatus (Makino) Murata
- Osmanthus heterophyllus var. acutus (Masam. & T.Mori) T.S.Liu & J.C.Liao
- Osmanthus heterophyllus var. bibracteatus (Hayata) P.S.Green
- Osmanthus heterophyllus var. heterophyllus
- Osmanthus ilicifolius hort. ex Dippel
- Osmanthus ilicifolius (Hassk.) Naudin
- Osmanthus ilicifolius f. aureomarginatus (Bean) Rehder
- Osmanthus ilicifolius f. aureus (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
- Osmanthus ilicifolius f. myrtifolius (G.Nicholson) Rehder
- Osmanthus ilicifolius f. purpurascens (Bean) Rehder
- Osmanthus ilicifolius f. purpureus (Bean) Rehder
- Osmanthus ilicifolius f. rotundifolius (W.Bull) Rehder
- Osmanthus ilicifolius f. subangustatus (Makino) Makino & Nemoto
and 23 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- October to January (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Zorach, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: andrew2285, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: musicinmybrain, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Ellis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.