osmanthus flowers

Morphological characteristics:

Osmanthus fragrans, an evergreen shrub or small tree of Oleaceae, is1.5 ~15m high. The crown is round, semi-circular and oval, and the crown can cover 60 square meters. The bark is rough, taupe or gray. The leaves are opposite, elliptic or oblong, and the whole or upper part is sparsely serrated. 3 ~ 5 peanuts are in the axils of leaves, mostly in the spring shoots of that year, and there are flowers on the branches of two or three years old. Each flower has 4 petals, which is very fragrant. Leaf axils are umbrella-shaped, flowers are small, yellow and white, and they are very fragrant. The single leaf is opposite, the leather is bright, the leaf shape and leaf margin vary with varieties, the leaf shape is elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, and the leaf margin is whole or serrated. Flowers are axillary cymes, small and fragrant, and their colors vary with varieties. There are osmanthus fragrans with strong growth potential, thick branches, large leaf shape, rough leaves, dark green leaves and orange red leaves; There are silvery laurel trees with medium growth, smooth leaves, serrated leaves, milky white flowers and dense and sweet flowers; Strong growth potential, smooth leaves, sparse serrated or whole leaves, light yellow flowers and sparse fragrance, which can bloom with the above varieties in autumn 9- 10, or once every two or three months. Dangui and Sijigui, the fruit is purple-black drupe, commonly known as cinnamon. Osmanthus fragrans seedlings have obvious taproots, developed and deep roots. Young roots are yellow-brown, and old roots are yellow-brown. The root system of grafted seedlings varies with rootstock; When cuttings are buried in the soil, adventitious roots grow everywhere, but there is no obvious main root. Osmanthus fragrans is highly branched and has low technical points, especially in its infancy, which often appears as a shrub for a long time. After close planting or pruning, it can become an obvious trunk. Bark is rough, grayish brown or grayish white, sometimes showing lenticels. The leaf surface is smooth, leathery, dark and bright green near the axis, and the far axis surface is more talked about; Oval, oblong, oval, obovate, lanceolate, oblanceolate, oblanceolate to ovate-lanceolate.