Fraxinus floribunda

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Himalayan manna ash
多花梣 duo hua qin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Section: Fraxinus sect. Ornus
Species:
F. floribunda
Binomial name
Fraxinus floribunda

Fraxinus floribunda is a species of ash native to South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. It is known from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, the Ryukyu Islands, and parts of China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang).[3][4]

Fraxinus floribunda is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, with grey bark. Leaves opposite, pinnate, with 7–9 serrate leaflets. Flowers white, with petals 3–4 mm long, in large branched clusters up to 25 cm across. Fruit a nut, with a long narrow wing 2.5–4 cm long by 3–4 mm wide.[2][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Oldfield, S. (2018). "Fraxinus floribunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T96443924A96443926. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T96443924A96443926.en. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Fraxinus floribunda_Tree Information,www.forestrynepal.org
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fraxinus floribunda
  4. ^ a b Flora of China, v 15 p 276, Fraxinus floribunda
  5. ^ Wallich, Nathaniel, in Roxburgh, William. 1820. Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants 1: 150–151, Fraxinus floribunda

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