Fraxinus insularis | |
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Growing from a cliff. Note nameplate, which calls it retuse ash. | |
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Foliage | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Oleaceae |
Genus: | Fraxinus |
Species: | F. insularis
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Binomial name | |
Fraxinus insularis | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Fraxinus insularis, the Chinese flowering ash or island ash, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to central and southeastern China, Hainan, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and Yakushima, Japan. [2] [3] [4] Its leaves produce a number of secoiridoid glucosides. [5]
This species is being evaluated for resistance to Emerald Ash Borer.