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common name

Manna Ash

scientific name

Fraxinus ornus

family

origin

type

Oleaceae

Southern Europe, Asia Minor

Tree or Shrub 

leafes

Imparipennate, up to 20 cm long, composed of 5-9 oval or lanceolate serrated leaflets, dark green on the upper page, lighter below, which in autumn take on a yellow-red color

flowers

The flowering is more showy and fragrant, in the form of dense white-ivory racemes; the inflorescence appears between May and June

fruits/berries

Cream white erect cluster inflorescences; followed by single wing clusters of samare

height

Up to 20m

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