Osmanthus heterophyllus
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Osmanthus heterophyllus (Chinese:t 柊樹, s 柊树, p zhōngshù; Japanese: 柊, Hiiragi), variously known as holly osmanthus, holly olive, and false holly, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to eastern Asia in central and southern Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu Islands) and Taiwan.[2][3]
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Osmanthus heterophyllus | |
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Hiiragi, in flower in Osaka | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Oleaceae |
Genus: | Osmanthus |
Species: | O. heterophyllus |
Binomial name | |
Osmanthus heterophyllus | |
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