Latitudinal range: 26.8° to 36.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3)

Found in 5 samples

China: Mt. Shennongjia

Japan: University Forest, River Segire (gaps), Aya (2009)

United States: Seashore State Park (mesic forest plots)

See also Osmanthus americana, Osmanthus armatus, Osmanthus heterophyllus, Osmanthus insularis, Osmanthus marginatus