Fraxinus chinensis, the Chinese ash, is a species of ash tree. Its leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine for dysentery disorders, and it can be used as cultivator of the white scale insects (Ericerus pela) for candle making.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Chinese Ash being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Fraxinus ornus
- Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Fraxinus mandshurica
- Fraxinus uhdei
- Fraxinus profunda
- Fraxinus biltmoreana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Fraxinus
- Species
- Fraxinus chinensis
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