1, Dangui
An evergreen shrub, dioecious, with a spherical crown. Bark is light gray, smooth and has sparse lenticels. Leaves leathery, oblong or oval.
Flowering period is from late September to1early October. It blooms in autumn, with deep color, orange yellow, orange red to vermilion, strong smell and thick leaves. There are varieties such as "Dahuadangui", "Tooth Dangui", "Cinnabar Dangui" and "Wide Leaf Red".
2. Yingui
Small evergreen trees with spherical crown, large branches, dense branches and good growth. The bark is light gray, with many and large lenticels, which look like snowflakes and are very obvious.
Leaves green or dark green, thick leathery and shiny; Long ellipse or ellipse; The leaves are broad and thick; The leaves are relatively flat; Leaf margin shallowly undulate, retrorse, entire, even with sparse teeth at the apex; Flowering in the first and middle of September, the corolla spreads obliquely, the lobes are oval, the color is milky yellow to lemon yellow, and the aroma is rich.
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Osmanthus fragrans is one of the top ten traditional flowers in China. The most representative ones are Jingui, Yingui, Dangui and laurel. Wild osmanthus fragrans grows in southwestern China, Sichuan, southern Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Henan and other places. Osmanthus fragrans is widely planted in the Huaihe River basin and its south, and the suitable area can reach the lower reaches of the Yellow River in the north and Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan in the south.
Osmanthus fragrans can be used as medicine and food. The ancients thought that Osmanthus fragrans can achieve the effect of "drinking for a thousand years". In the Han Dynasty, osmanthus wine was a good product for people to worship their ancestors. After the sacrifice, the younger generation used osmanthus wine to worship their elders, and after the elders drank it, it symbolized longevity.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Osmanthus fragrans (Oleaceae Oleaceae)
Beijing News Network-Delicious │ Sanqiu Guizi was at that time, and his lips and teeth were sweet-scented osmanthus.