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|genus=Fraxinus
|genus=Fraxinus
|species=ornus
|species=ornus
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|common_name=Flowering ash, Manna ash
|common_name=Flowering ash, Manna ash
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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'''''Fraxinus ornus''''' ('''Manna Ash''' or '''South European Flowering Ash''') is a species of ''[[Fraxinus]]'' native to southern [[Europe]] and southwestern [[Asia]], from [[Spain]] and [[Italy]] north to [[Austria]] and the [[Czech Republic]], and east through the [[Balkans]], [[Turkey]], and western [[Syria]] to the [[Lebanon]].<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref><ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Fraxinus&SPECIES_XREF=ornus&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Fraxinus ornus'']</ref><ref name=mc>Med-Checklist: [http://ww2.bgbm.org/mcl/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=15526&PTRefFK=1276 ''Fraxinus ornus'']</ref>
It is a medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 15–25 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The [[bark]] is dark grey, remaining smooth even on old trees. The [[bud]]s are pale pinkish-brown to grey-brown, with a dense covering of short grey hairs. The [[leaf|leaves]] are in opposite pairs, pinnate, 20-30 cm long, with 5-9 leaflets; the leaflets are broad ovoid, 5-10 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, with a finely serrated and wavy margin, and short but distinct [[petiole (botany)|petiolules]] 5–15 mm long; the autumn colour is variable, yellow to purplish. The [[flower]]s are produced in dense [[panicle]]s 10–20 cm long after the new leaves appear in late spring, each flower with four slender creamy white petals 5–6 mm long; they are pollinated by [[insect]]s. The [[fruit]] is a slender [[samara (fruit)|samara]] 1.5-2.5 cm long, the seed 2 mm broad and the wing 4–5 mm broad, green ripening brown.<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm>Mitchell, A. F. (1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6</ref><ref name=afm1>Mitchell, A. F. (1982). ''The Trees of Britain and Northern Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-219037-0</ref>
It is frequently grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in Europe north of its native range, grown for its decorative flowers (the species is also sometimes called "Flowering Ash"). Some cultivated specimens are [[grafting|grafted]] on rootstocks of ''[[Fraxinus excelsior]]'', with an often very conspicuous change in the bark at the graft line to the fissured bark of the rootstock species.<ref name=afm/>
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Fraxinus ornus, Linn. (Ornus europaea, Pers. F. floribunda, Hort., not Wall.). Small tree, becoming 25 ft.: winter-buds gray or brownish tomentulose: lfts. generally 7, stalked, oblong-ovate or ovate, irregularly serrate, rufously pubescent on the midrib beneath. 2-3 ½ in. long: fls. whitish, fragrant, in dense, terminal panicles 3-5 in. long: fr. erect, narrow-oblong, truncate or emarginate at the apex, about 1 in. long. May, June. S. Eu., W. Asia. Var. juglandifolia, Tenore (var. latifolia, Dipp. F. rotundifolia, Hort.). Lfts. ovate or broadly ovate-oblong. Var. rotundifolia, Tenore (F. rotundifolia, Lam.). Low tree: lfts. roundish-elliptic to roundish-obovate. Var. angustifolia, Tenore (F. theophrastii, Hort., partly). Lfts. lanceolate.
Fraxinus ornus, Linn. (Ornus europaea, Pers. F. floribunda, Hort., not Wall.). Small tree, becoming 25 ft.: winter-buds gray or brownish tomentulose: lfts. generally 7, stalked, oblong-ovate or ovate, irregularly serrate, rufously pubescent on the midrib beneath. 2-3 ½ in. long: fls. whitish, fragrant, in dense, terminal panicles 3-5 in. long: fr. erect, narrow-oblong, truncate or emarginate at the apex, about 1 in. long. May, June. S. Eu., W. Asia. Gn. 22, p. 117; 34, p. 78; 48, p. 286; 31, pp. 354, 355. F.E. 22:61. G. 18:541. G.M. 54:860. H.W. 3:60. p. 120. Var. juglandifolia, Tenore (var. latifolia, Dipp. F. rotundifolia, Hort.). Lfts. ovate or broadly ovate-oblong. Var. rotundifolia, Tenore (F. rotundifolia, Lam.). Low tree: lfts. roundish-elliptic to roundish-obovate. Var. angustifolia, Tenore (F. theophrastii, Hort., partly). Lfts. lanceolate.
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Image:Fraxinus ornus1.jpg|Foliage and immature fruit
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Image:Fraxinus ornus 003.jpg|Tree in early autumn colours
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Image:Fraxinus-ornus-flowering.JPG|Flowers
Image:Fraxinus ornus 001.jpg|Fruit
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