Fraxinus angustifolia
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| Internal ID | UUID64402ccb1a736599688712 |
| Scientific name | Fraxinus angustifolia |
| Authority | Vahl |
| First published in | Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 52 (1804) |
Ethnobotanical Use Top
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Important notice
- Content in this section summarizes historical and cultural records. It is not medical advice.
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Ethnobotanical Uses
In the eastern Pyrenees, a decoction of bark and young twigs of Fraxinus angustifolia has been taken as a bitter tonic and diuretic according to Gonzalez et al. (2010). In Central Anatolia, rural communities prepare an infusion of its young leaves to aid digestion and as a mild fever reducer (Cakilcioglu et al., 2011). Along the Balkans–Anatolia corridor, a tincture of dried bark macerated in alcohol is traditionally employed as an anti-inflammatory liniment and is also ingested in small doses for gout, according to the pharmacopoeial notes of Bogavac et al. (2022). In all these cases the plant parts are bark and young shoots or leaves, and the modes of use are infusions, decoctions, and alcohol tinctures.
For a practical bark tea, steep 2–3 g of finely chopped, dried Fraxinus angustifolia bark in 250 ml of just-boiled water for 10–12 minutes; strain and drink up to two cups per day for occasional digestive support. A 1:5 ethanol tincture is made by macerating 20 g of dried bark in 100 ml of 45% ethanol (vol/vol) for three to four weeks with daily shaking; the mature macerate is decanted and filtered. Typical internal doses for a bark tincture range from 10–20 drops in a little water two to three times daily. Because Fraxinus bark contains coumarin-like constituents, do not exceed labeled doses and avoid use during pregnancy; those with coumarin sensitivity or anticoagulant therapy should consult a health professional.
Phytochemically, the species is documented to contain secoiridoid glycosides, flavonoids such as rutin, phenolic acids, and a characteristic coumarin-like compound profile that plausibly accounts for the recorded diuretic, anti-inflammatory, and mild bitter actions (Jankovic et al., 2006; Choi et al., 2012).
Today Fraxinus angustifolia remains a minor component of certain Balkan herbal blends and is sometimes supplied as “common ash” bark in tincture form; interest in its coumarin and secoiridoid content continues to inform targeted pharmacological studies.
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
Wood from Fraxinus angustifolia is utilized as a general-purpose hardwood for furniture, flooring, interior joinery, tool handles, and sports equipment, and it is sliced for veneer. The wood is also employed in paper and pulp production.
Industrial and craft applications:
The species is used for turning and carving, and as a craft wood for items such as baseball bats and hockey sticks in addition to its furniture applications.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No food or beverage uses are documented for this taxon.
Colorants and tanning:
No colorants or tanning uses are documented for this taxon.
Wood and fiber:
Wood is supplied as veneer and as sawn or sliced timber for furniture, flooring, tool handles, and sports equipment. No fiber uses are documented for this taxon.
Fragrance and cosmetics:
No fragrance or cosmetic uses are documented for this taxon.
Properties relevant to use:
The wood is diffuse-porous with prominent rings, typically light-colored, hard, and tough with high strength relative to density, making it suitable for impact-resistant uses such as handles, sports equipment, and veneer.
Standards and regulation:
Timber is traded under trade-class names and species codes used in hardwood timber and veneer markets (e.g., ASH for European ash). No specific standards or regulatory frameworks are documented that uniquely apply to F. angustifolia.
Sustainability and sourcing:
Mediterranean populations face pressures from bark beetles and pathogens; regional forestry initiatives in southern Europe aim to maintain supply from sustainably managed stands. No taxon-specific certification frameworks are documented.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Ornus mammifera | Steud. | Nomencl. Bot. : 575 (1821) |
| Fraxinus angustifolia var. lentiscifolia | (Desf.) A.Henry | Trees Great Britain 4: 880. 1909 |
| Fraxinus angustifolia var. pannonica | Fukarek | Glasn. Sumska Pokuse 14: 229 1960 |
| Fraxinus angustifolia f. pendula | (Loudon) Rehder | Bibl. Cult. Trees 561 1949 |
| Fraxinus angustifolia var. rostrata | (Guss.) Rouy & Fouc. | Fl. France 4: 146 1897 |
| Fraxinus calabrica | hort. ex Dippel | Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 90 (1889) |
| Fraxinus excelsior subsp. angustifolia | (Vahl) Wesm. | Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 100. 1892 (1892) |
| Fraxinus excelsior var. angustifolia | (Vahl) Fiori & Paol. | Fl. Italia 2: 341 1902 |
| Fraxinus excelsior subsp. parvifolia | (Dum.Cours.) Arcang. | Comp. Fl. Ital. 466 1882 |
| Fraxinus excelsior var. parvifolia | Dum.Cours. | Bot. Cult. 1: 711 1802 |
| Fraxinus excelsior subsp. parvifolia | (Boiss.) Wesm. | Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 101. 1892 (1892) |
| Fraxinus excelsior var. rostrata | (Guss.) Wesm. | Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 95. 1892 |
| Fraxinus humilior | Garsault | Fig. Pl. Méd. : t. 97 a (1764) |
| Fraxinus lentiscifolia var. pendula | Loudon | Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1231. 1838 |
| Fraxinus obtusa | Willk. & Lange | Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 564. 1878 (1878) |
| Fraxinus ornus var. parvifolia | (Dum.Cours.) Ten. | Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. 11 1831 |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa var. angustifolia | (Vahl) Lingelsh. | Pflanzenr. IV, 243(1): 55. 1920 |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa subsp. edentata | Dippel | Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 90. 1889 (1889) |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa f. edentata | (Dippel) Lingelsh. | Pflanzenr. IV, 243(1): 56 1920 |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa f. hartwegii | Lingelsh. | Pflanzenr. IV, 243(1): 55 1920 |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa var. parvifolia | (Boiss.) Wenzig | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 4: 175 1883 |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa var. petiolulata | Karpati | Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 2: 278. 1956 |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa var. rostrata | (Guss.) Lingelsh. | Pflanzenr. IV, 243(1): 55. 1920 |
| Fraxinus oxyphylla var. parvifolia | (Dum.Cours.) Boiss. | Fl. Orient. 4: 40 1875 |
| Fraxinus parvifolia | Lam. | Encycl. 2: 546 (1788) |
| Fraxinus parvifolia f. pendula | (Loudon) Dippel | Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 94 1889 |
| Fraxinus parvifolia var. tarraconensis | Sennen | Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1927: n.° 5950. |
| Fraxinus rotundifolia f. pendula | (Loudon) Rehder | Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1277 1915 |
| Fraxinus americana var. calabriensis | Weston | Bot. Univ. 1: 110. 1770 |
| Fraxinus excelsior subsp. rostrata | (Guss.) Arcang. | Comp. Fl. Ital. 466. 1882 (1882) |
| Fraxinus excelsior var. parvifolia | (Boiss.) Arcang. | Comp. Fl. Ital. 466 1882 |
| Fraxinus oxyphylla subsp. angustifolia | (Vahl) P.Fourn. | Quatre Fl. France : 868 (1938) |
| Fraxinus excelsior prol. angustifolia | (Vahl) Rouy | Fl. France 4: 144 (1897) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | narrow-leafed ash |
| Spanish | fresno sureño |
| Afrikaans | smalblaaresseboom |
| Arabic | مران رفيع الأوراق |
| Azerbaijani | ensizyarpaq göyrüş |
| Azerbaijani | Şişmeyvə göyrüş |
| Bulgarian | полски ясен |
| Catalan | freixe de fulla petita |
| Czech | jasan úzkolistý |
| Danish | smalbladet ask |
| German | schmalblättrige esche |
| Greek | Φράξινος |
| Greek | Φράξος |
| Basque | lizar hostotxiki |
| Finnish | etelänsaarni |
| French | frêne à feuilles étroites |
| French | frêne du midi |
| Galician | freixo de folla estreita |
| Hebrew | מילה חדת עלים |
| Croatian | poljski jasen |
| Hungarian | keskenylevelű kőris |
| Armenian | Հացենի սրապտուղ |
| Japanese | ホソバトネリコ |
| Kabyle | aslen |
| Macedonian | полски јасен |
| mwl | frezno |
| Norwegian Bokmål | smalbladask |
| Dutch | smalbladige es |
| Polish | jesion wąskolistny |
| Portuguese | freixo |
| Slovenian | ozkolistni jesen |
| Slovenian | ostrolistni jesen |
| Slovenian | poljski jesen |
| Swedish | smalbladig ask |
| Turkish | sivri meyveli dişbudak |
| Chinese | 窄叶梣 |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia | Unknown | |
| Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa | (Willd.) Franco & Rocha Afonso | Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 377 (1971) |
| Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. persica | (Boiss.) Azadi | Iran. J. Bot. 11: 42 (2005) |
| Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. syriaca | (Boiss.) Yalt. | Fl. Turkey 6: 152 (1978) |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000832291 |
| Tropicos | 23000337 |
| INPN | 98910 |
| Flora of Italy | 3976 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332095-2 |
| The Plant List | kew-369513 |
| PFAF | Fraxinus angustifolia |
| Open Tree Of Life | 949520 |
| Observations.org | 117988 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 166594 |
| NBN Atlas | NHMSYS0000523231 |
| IUCN Red List | 203366 |
| IPNI | 332095-2 |
| iNaturalist | 82886 |
| iNaturalist | 82881 |
| GBIF | 7325877 |
| Freebase | /m/0gbsd5 |
| EPPO | FRXAN |
| Elurikkus | 209857 |
| USDA GRIN | 276 |
| Wikipedia | Fraxinus_angustifolia |
| CMAUP | NPO20677 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| Name | Level | Submitter | Released | Coverage | Size | |
| GCA_051941055.1 | ASM5194105v1 | Chromosome | Shandong Agricultural University | 2025-08-12 | 62 | 706.14 Mb |
Scientific Literature Top
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| Commodity risk assessment of Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 03-May-2024 |
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| Dangerous neighbours: Birds and bird‐eating bats sharing tree cavities | Russo D, Mäenurm A, Martinoli A, Cistrone L | Ecol Evol | 11-Mar-2024 |
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| Dig-up Primers: A Pipeline for Identification of Polymorphic Microsatellites Loci within Assemblies of Related Species | Turudić A, Liber Z, Grdiša M, Jakše J, Varga F, Poljak I, Šatović Z | Int J Mol Sci | 09-Mar-2024 |
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| The seed dispersal syndrome hypothesis in ungulate-dominated landscapes | Fedriani JM, Garrote PJ, Burgos T, Escribano-Ávila G, Morera B, Virgós E | Sci Rep | 05-Mar-2024 |
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| Botanical memory: five centuries of floristic changes revealed by a Renaissance herbarium (Ulisse Aldrovandi, 1551–1586) | Buldrini F, Alessandrini A, Mossetti U, Muzzi E, Pezzi G, Soldano A, Nascimbene J | R Soc Open Sci | 08-Nov-2023 |
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