Are there osmanthus trees in Sanya?

Osmanthus fragrans is the common name of many trees of Oleaceae in China. It is a representative species of Oleaceae, also known as osmanthus fragrans. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree with hard skin, long oval and sharp leaves, which are opposite and will not wither in winter. In the leaves and intestines of peanuts, the corolla is divided into four parts, and its shape is small. There are many varieties of horticulture, among which Jingui, Yin Gui, Dangui and laurel are the most representative.

morphological character

Osmanthus fragrans is an evergreen tree or shrub, with a height of 3-5 meters and a maximum of 18 meters. The bark is grayish brown. Branchlets yellowish brown, glabrous. Leaf blade leathery, oval, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 7- 14.5 cm long and 2.6-4.5 cm wide, tapering at the top and tapering at the base into a wedge shape or a wide wedge shape.

The entire margin or upper part is usually serrated, with no hair on both sides, and there are small blisters connected on both sides of the gland points. The midvein is concave and convex, and the lateral veins are 6-8 pairs, at most 10 pairs, which are concave and convex. The petiole is 0.8- 1.2 cm long, and the longest is 15 cm, without hair.

Cymes clustered in leaf axils, or nearly broom-shaped, with many flowers in each axil; Bracts broadly ovate, thick, 2-4 mm long, small at the top, glabrous; Pedicel slender, 4- 10 mm long, glabrous; These flowers are very fragrant; Calyx is about 65438 0 mm long with slightly irregular lobes; Corolla is yellowish white, light yellow, yellow or orange red, 3-4 mm long, and corolla tube is only 0.5- 1 mm long.

Stamens are inserted in the middle of corolla tube, filaments are very short, about 0.5 mm long, anthers are about 65438 0 mm long, connective extends slightly at the top of anthers, forming an inconspicuous small tip; The pistil is about 65438 0.5 mm long and the style is about 0.5 mm long. The fruit is skewed, oval, long 1- 1.5 cm, and purple-black. The flowering period is September-65438+1early October, and the fruiting period is March of the following year.