Osmanthus heterophyllus
| Osmanthus heterophyllus | |
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| Hiiragi, in flower in Osaka | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Genus: | Osmanthus |
| Species: | O. heterophyllus |
| Binomial name | |
| Osmanthus heterophyllus | |
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Osmanthus heterophyllus (Chinese:t 柊樹, s 柊树, p zhōngshù; Japanese: 柊, Hiiragi), variously known as holly osmanthus, holly olive, and false holly, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to eastern Asia in central and southern Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu Islands) and Taiwan.