Biology:Fraxinus chinensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Fraxinus chinensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Section: Fraxinus sect. Ornus
Species:
F. chinensis
Binomial name
Fraxinus chinensis
Roxb.

Fraxinus chinensis, the Chinese ash,[2] 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.

Fraxinus chinensis is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.[3]

References

  1. Oldfield, S. (2017). "Fraxinus chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T35953A96445276.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/35953/96445276. Retrieved 13 January 2023. 
  2. "Fraxinus chinensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=FRCH6. Retrieved 27 October 2016. 
  3. Wallander, Eva (2008). "Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy". Plant Systematics and Evolution 273 (1–2): 25–49. doi:10.1007/s00606-008-0005-3. 
  • Bensky, D., Clavey, S., Stöger, E., Gamble, A., Bensky, L. L., & Martin-Kagartsang, J. (2016). Materia Medica (3rd ed.). Schiedlberg: BACOPA.
  • Xhou-Zhong, Y., Flaws, B., & Shou-Zhong, Y. (1998). The divine farmer's Materia Medica: A translation of the "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing." United States: Blue Poppy Press.

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