Chinese flowering ash - Fraxinus sieboldiana Blume
The Chinese flowering ash is a small tree that occurs in China, Japan, and Korea. A common synonym is F. mariesii. It is closely related to F. lanuginosa and also androdioecious. [Description from Flora of China]
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![Fraxinus sieboldiana buds 48.8KB](thumbnails/sieboldiana_bud.jpg) Terminal leaf bud with unfolding leaves (note three pairs of bud scales), Chichibu mountains, Japan, 8 May 1999. |
![Fraxinus sieboldiana hermaphrodite tree 145.1KB](thumbnails/sieboldiana.jpg) Hermaphrodite tree, Chichibu mountains, Japan, 7 May 1999. |
![Fraxinus sieboldiana hermaphrodite inflorescence 120.5KB](thumbnails/sieboldiana_herm.jpg) Hermaphrodite inflorescence, Osaka, Japan, 22 April 1999. |
![Fraxinus sieboldiana leaves 38.7KB](thumbnails/sieboldiana_leaves.jpg) Leaves, Göteborg Botanical Garden (Sweden), 2 July 1997. |
![Fraxinus sieboldiana fruits 62.9KB](thumbnails/sieboldiana_fruits.jpg) Fruits and leaves, Royal Botanic Gradens at Kew, London, 2 September 2000. |
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Maintained by Eva Wallander | Last updated: 2006-12-04