Fragrant Orange-colored Olive
This is 'Kinmokusei' or fragrant orange-colored olive. The other English names are sweet olive, fragrant tea olive, and so on. The botanical name is Osmanthus fragrans v. aurantiacus.
The Japanese version of this article is here!
Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* Kinmokusei : 金木犀
Labels: flower, fragrant orange-colored olive, fragrant tea olive, Japanese, Kinmokusei, sweet olive
posted by mktf @ 1:29 AM
1 Comments:
Hi. I was searching for the name of this sweet fragrant plant that to me, marks the start of autumn in japan. Thank you! It's a pity that it can only be found in the far east. Its fragrance though short-lived is really arousing and comforting.
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