What is "osmanthus americanus"

Devilwood \Dev"il*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of tree ( Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

Osmanthus americanus, commonly called American olive, wild olive, or devilwood, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to southeastern North America, in the United States from Virginia to Texas, and in Mexico from Nuevo León south to Oaxaca and Veracruz.

Osmanthus americanus grows to , rarely to tall. The leaves are long and broad, with an entire margin. Its flowers, produced in early spring, are small (1 cm long), white, with a four-lobed corolla and have a strong fragrance. The fruit is a globose dark blue drupe diameter, containing a single seed.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers.