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'''Fragrant olive''' variously known as '''sweet osmanthus, sweet olive, tea olive, and Osmanthus fragrans,''' is a species native to Asia from the Himalayas through southern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan) to Taiwan and southern Japan and southeast Asia as far south as Cambodia and Thailand.<ref name="int"/><ref name="int2"/>

== Description Uses== It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 3–12 m tall. The leaves are 7–15 cm long and 2.6–5 cm broad{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, with an entire or finely toothed margin. The flowers are white{{Uses|Snakebites}}, pale yellow{{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, yellow{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, or orange-yellow{{Uses|Blotches}}, small (1 cm long){{Uses|Pimples}}, with a four-lobed corolla 5 mm diameter{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, and have a strong fragrance; they are produced in small clusters in the late summer and autumn. The fruit is a purple-black drupe 10–15 mm long containing a single hard-shelled seed; it is mature in the spring about six months after flowering.{{Uses|Sore throats}}

== Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Fruit}}

*In Chinese cuisine==Chemical Composition==The content of 1,3, its flowers may be infused with green or black tea leaves to create a scented tea. The flowers are also used to produce osmanthus5-scented jamTrioxepane was the highest in Latifolius group, sweet cakesaccounting for 22.69 %. Ketones, dumplingsalcohols, soupsasters, aldehydes and liquoracids were the major constituents of four different O.*In traditional Chinese medicinefragrans, osmanthus tea has been used as an herbal tea for the treatment of irregular menstruationrepresenting 90.* The extract of dried flowers showed neuroprotective05 %, free-radical scavenging95.07 %, antioxidative effects in in vitro assays86.76 %and 80.21 % of the essential oil, respectively<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=Brihat bakula, Vasuka|ta=|te=|hi=silang|en=Fragrant Olive, Sweet osmanthus}}

* '''Hindi''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - सुगंधित जैतूनSubstance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===

===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|evergreen shrub}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|leaves are leathery, lustrous, dark green leaves 2-5 in. long; finely dentate or entire}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|White|5-20|Very fragrant, small white flowers in fall and some flowers in early spring}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Drupe|1.5-3|Fruit coulor is purple||many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Easily grown in any well-drained soil in sun or part shade[11, 200], but flowering more freely in a sunny position<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Mountains areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|Forests}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[httphttps://www.eflorastandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.org1080/florataxon0972060X.2012.aspx?flora_id10644128 "Chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name=2&taxon_id=210001392 Flora of China"Leaf">[https: Osmanthus //plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/osmanthus-fragrans/ "plant charecteristics"]</ref> <ref name="int2How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://appswww.kewpfaf.org/wcspuser/namedetailPlant.doaspx?name_idLatinName=354988 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Osmanthus +fragrans"cultivation"]</ref>

== External Links ==* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214158815000045 Chemical constituents and analytical approaches for hydraulic fracturing waters]* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Osmanthus+fragrans Osmanthus fragrans on useful trophical plants]* [https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/osmanthus/tea-olive-cultivation.htm Osmanthus Bush Uses: Fragrant Tea Olive Cultivation And Care]* [http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610878-1 http:// Osmanthus fragrans on powo.science.kew.org]