Description

Osmanthus fragrans (Sweet osmanthus) is one of the most popular, evergreen ornamental tree species in China due to its unique sweet aroma. Flower mainly contains linalool, farnesol and eugenol, etc. This plant can used rheumatic arthralgia, limb numbness, cold pain of gastric cavity, lumbago and toothache due to deficiency of the kidney.

Scientific classitication

Family: Oleaceae

Genus: Osmanthus

Common Name

Sweet osmanthus

Reference

Yang, X., Yue, Y., Li, H. et al. The chromosome-level quality genome provides insights into the evolution of the biosynthesis genes for aroma compounds of Osmanthus fragrans. Hortic Res 5, 72 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-018-0108-0