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[[File:Osmanthus fragrans (orange flowers).jpg|thumb|right|''Osmanthus fragrans'', ''Fragrant olive'']]
 
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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"/>
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'''Fragrant olive''' is a species native to Asia from the Himalayas through southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan and southeast Asia as far south as Cambodia and Thailand.
  
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== Description ==
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
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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, with an entire or finely toothed margin. The flowers are white, pale yellow, yellow, or orange-yellow, small (1 cm long), with a four-lobed corolla 5 mm diameter, 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.
 
  
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== Uses ==
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Fruit}}
  
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*In Chinese cuisine, its flowers may be infused with green or black tea leaves to create a scented tea. The flowers are also used to produce osmanthus-scented jam, sweet cakes, dumplings, soups, and liquor.
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==Chemical Composition==
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*In traditional Chinese medicine, osmanthus tea has been used as an herbal tea for the treatment of irregular menstruation.
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The content of 1,3,5-Trioxepane was the highest in Latifolius group, accounting for 22.69 %. Ketones, alcohols, asters, aldehydes and acids were the major constituents of four different O. fragrans, representing 90.05 %, 95.07 %, 86.76 %and 80.21 % of the essential oil, respectively<ref name="chemical composition"/>
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* The extract of dried flowers showed neuroprotective, free-radical scavenging, antioxidative effects in in vitro assays.
 
  
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==Common name==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=Brihat bakula, Vasuka|ta=|te=|hi=silang|en=Fragrant Olive, Sweet osmanthus}}
  
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* '''Hindi''' - सुगंधित जैतून
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
  
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== References ==
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===Rasa===
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Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
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===Guna===
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<ref name="int">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210001392 Flora of China: Osmanthus fragrans]</ref>
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Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)
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<ref name="int2">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=354988  Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Osmanthus fragrans]</ref>
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===Veerya===
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Ushna (Hot)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Kapha, Vata
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===Prabhava===
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|evergreen shrub}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|leaves are leathery, lustrous, dark green leaves 2-5 in. long; finely dentate or entire}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|White|5-20|Very fragrant, small white flowers in fall and some flowers in early spring}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Drupe|1.5-3|Fruit coulor is purple||many}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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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"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Mountains areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|Forests}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Odermennig.jpg
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
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Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>  
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0972060X.2012.10644128 "Chemical constituents"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/osmanthus-fragrans/ "plant charecteristics"]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Osmanthus+fragrans "cultivation"]</ref>
 
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</references>
  
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== External Links ==
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==External Links==
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* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214158815000045 Chemical constituents and analytical approaches for hydraulic fracturing waters]
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* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Osmanthus+fragrans Osmanthus fragrans on useful trophical plants]
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* [https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/osmanthus/tea-olive-cultivation.htm Osmanthus Bush Uses: Fragrant Tea Olive Cultivation And Care]
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* [http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610878-1 http:// Osmanthus fragrans on powo.science.kew.org]
  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmanthus_fragrans Osmanthus fragrans - Wikipedia]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 12:59, 28 May 2018

Osmanthus fragrans, Fragrant olive

Fragrant olive is a species native to Asia from the Himalayas through southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan and southeast Asia as far south as Cambodia and Thailand.

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, Snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Fruit

Chemical Composition

The content of 1,3,5-Trioxepane was the highest in Latifolius group, accounting for 22.69 %. Ketones, alcohols, asters, aldehydes and acids were the major constituents of four different O. fragrans, representing 90.05 %, 95.07 %, 86.76 %and 80.21 % of the essential oil, respectively[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi silang
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Brihat bakula, Vasuka
English Fragrant Olive, Sweet osmanthus


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, 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

evergreen shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite leaves are leathery, lustrous, dark green leaves 2-5 in. long; finely dentate or entire

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long White 5-20 Very fragrant, small white flowers in fall and some flowers in early spring

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Drupe 1.5-3 Fruit coulor is purple many {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, 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[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Mountains areas, Himalayas, Forests.

Photo Gallery

  • Odermennig.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "Chemical constituents"
  2. ↑ "plant charecteristics"
  3. ↑ "cultivation"

External Links

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