Osmanthus fragrans (
lit. "fragrant
osmanthus";
Chinese: ,
guìhua, and ,
mùxi; ,
mokusei; ,
silang), variously known as
sweet osmanthus,
sweet olive,
tea olive, and
fragrant olive, is a species native to
Asia from the
Himalayas through southern
China (
Guizhou,
Sichuan,
Yunnan) to
Taiwan and southern
Japan and southeast Asia as far south as
Cambodia and
Thailand.