Fraxinus uhdei (Wenzig) Lingelsh.
The Shamel Ash, Tropical Ash, Fresno, or Urapan occurs in dry areas of central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico [Chiapas]), cultivated in the Andes of South America, and naturalized on the Hawaiian islands and Puerto Rico.
NOTE: Fraxinus chinensis is often reported to be cultivated in the Andes and other places in South America. However, the ash species found in Central and South America (common name Urapan) is in fact Fraxinus uhdei. See Filgueira et al. 2004. Urapan (Fraxinus udhei) dieback a new disease associated with a phytoplasma in Colombia. New Disease Reports vol. 9.
Fraxinus uhdei in Fairchild Tropical Garden (Miami, Florida), 26 January 1998.
Photo © by Eva Wallander.
Fraxinus uhdei in Fairchild Tropical Garden (Miami, Florida), 26 January 1998.
Photo © by Eva Wallander.
Fraxinus uhdei in the village of Ixtlan, near Oaxaca, Mexico, 18 February 2004.
Photo © by Eva Wallander.
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