Osmanthus heterophyllus (G.Don) P.S.Green

Holly osmanthus (en), Osmanthe faux-houx (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Osmanthus

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees 2-8 m. Branchlets and petiole pubescent when young. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic or elliptic, 4.5-6(-7) × 1.5-2.5(-3) cm, leathery, base cuneate or broadly so, margin entire or with 3 or 4 pairs of spiny teeth 5-9 mm; midrib raised on both surfaces, adaxially pubescent and especially denser near petiole; primary veins adaxially raised, abaxially obscure. Cymes fascicled in leaf axils, 5-8-flowered; bracts 2-2.5 mm, puberulent or glabrous. Pedicel 5-6 mm, glabrous. Calyx 1-1.5 mm. Corolla white; tube 1-2 mm; lobes 2.5-5 mm. Stamens ca. as long as corolla lobes, attached to base of corolla tube. Drupe dark-purple, ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 6.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

In evergreen forests from the lowlands to elevations of 600 metres.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Osmanthus heterophyllus leaf picture by 大作 道明 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Osmanthus heterophyllus world distribution map, present in Brazil, China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610885-1
WFO ID wfo-0000817131
COL ID 74ZRF
BDTFX ID 82626
INPN ID 611050
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Osmanthus integrifolius Osmanthus bibracteatus Olea aquifolium Olea ilicifolia Osmanthus myrtifolius Osmanthus rotundifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius Osmanthus acutus Osmanthus aquifolium Osmanthus heterophyllus f. subangustatus Osmanthus ilicifolius f. aureomarginatus Osmanthus aquifolium f. subangustatus Olea aquifolium f. subintegra Osmanthus ilicifolius f. subangustatus Osmanthus ilicifolius f. rotundifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius f. myrtifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius f. purpureus Osmanthus ilicifolius f. purpurascens Olea rotundifolia Osmanthus heterophyllus Olea aquifolium var. myrtifolia Osmanthus heterophyllus var. acutus Osmanthus heterophyllus var. bibracteatus Osmanthus aquifolium var. ilicifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius var. subangustatus Olea aquifolium var. subintegra Olea aquifolium var. ilicifolia Osmanthus ilicifolius var. undulatifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius var. aureovariegatus Osmanthus ilicifolius var. aureomarginatus Osmanthus aquifolium var. aureus Osmanthus aquifolium var. aureovariegatus Osmanthus ilicifolius var. aureus Olea aquifolium var. cuneata Olea aquifolium var. rotundifolia Osmanthus aquifolium var. rotundifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius var. rotundifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius var. myrtifolius Osmanthus aquifolium var. myrtifolius Osmanthus ilicifolius var. purpurascens Osmanthus aquifolium var. atropurpureus Osmanthus aquifolium var. purpureus Osmanthus ilicifolius var. purpureus Osmanthus ilicifolius var. argenteomarginatus Osmanthus ilicifolius var. argenteovariegatus Osmanthus aquifolium var. argenteus Osmanthus aquifolium var. argenteomarginatus Osmanthus ilicifolius var. bibracteatus Olea aquifolium f. cuneata Osmanthus ilicifolius f. aureus Osmanthus heterophyllus var. heterophyllus