Fraxinus angustifolia, Vahl

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 54

4. F. angustifolia Vahl , Enum. Pl. 1: 52 (1804).

Tree up to 25 m, with grey bark, soon finely and deeply reticulate-fissured; twigs and petioles glabrous; buds dark brown. Leaflets 5-13, 30-90(-100) x 8-25(-30) mm, oblong- to linear-lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate and entire at the base, sessile or nearly so, the serrations usually as many as the lateral veins; rhachis glabrous. Leaflets of juvenile trees 7-15, 8-30 x 5-17 mm, obovate to ovate, obtuse to acute at the apex. Calyx and corolla absent. Samara 20-45(-50) x 6-10 mm, glabrous, the wing oblong-obcordate to lanceolate. River-banks, flood-plains and deciduous woods. S. & E. C. Europe. Al Au * B1 Bu Co Cz Ga Gr Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (W, K) Sa Si Tu.