Osmanthus americanus

American olive
Leaves of O. americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Oleaceae
Genus:	Osmanthus
Species:	O. americanus
Binomial name
Osmanthus americanus (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray
Synonyms
Synonymy Amarolea americana (L.) Small Cartrema americana (L.) Raf. ex B.D. Jacks. Olea americana L. Olea laeta Salisb. Pausia americana (L.) Raf. Amarolea floridana (Chapm.) L.E.Arnold Cartrema odorata (Raf.) Raf. Osmanthus floridanus Chapm. Pausia odorata Raf.

Osmanthus americanus, commonly called American olive,wild olive, or devilwood, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to southeastern North America, in the United States from Virginia to Texas, and in Mexico from Nuevo León south to Oaxaca and Veracruz.

Osmanthus americanus grows to 4–7 m (13–23 ft), rarely to 11 m (36 ft) tall. The leaves are 5–14 cm (2.0–5.5 in) long and 2–4 cm (0.79–1.57 in) broad, with an entire margin. Its flowers, produced in early spring, are small (1 cm long), white, with a four-lobed corolla and have a strong fragrance. The fruit is a globose dark blue drupe 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) diameter, containing a single seed.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers.

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