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Osmanthus heterophyllus, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1029 most planted

Osmanthus heterophyllus

Holly osmanthus · also Holly olive, False holly, Chinese-holly

170
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
5
cities
2.5 in
median trunk (6 cm, 5 measured)

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Osmanthus heterophyllus, also known as holly osmanthus or false holly, is a flowering plant in the olive family native to eastern Asia, specifically parts of Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Vietnam. It is typically a shrub or small tree.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Tokyo · Japan
    151—2.3 in
  2. Amsterdam · Netherlands
    867 yr—
  3. Boston · United States
    72.3 yr—
  4. London · United Kingdom
    3—2.5 in
  5. Copenhagen · Denmark
    1——

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

  • Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
  • South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
  • Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Southern Korea evergreen forests

Other Osmanthus in the catalogue

4 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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