Cartrema americana, commonly called American olive,[3] wild olive,[3] or devilwood,[3] is an evergreen shrub or small tree[3] native to southeastern North America, in the United States from Virginia to Texas, and in Mexico from Nuevo León south to Oaxaca and Veracruz.

[4][5] Cartrema americana was formerly classified as Osmanthus americanus.

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 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) diameter, containing a single seed.

[9][10][11] It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers.