Griffith's Ash

Fraxinus griffithii

  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Griffith's Ash
  • Flower name
    Griffith's Ash
  • Scientific name
    Fraxinus griffithii
  • Aliasタイワンシオジ, Fraxinus, 台湾シオジ, 島十練子
  • Place of originSouth East Asia
  • Place of floweringStreets, Planting
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July

What is Griffith's Ash

Griffith's Ash(scientific name:Fraxinus griffithii) is (semi)- evergreen tree native to South-East Asia of the Oleaceae department . Because coming from warm regions, leaves turn to brown from green in winter. In dioecious trees cool, Oleaceae particular smell is. Glossy leaves are wavy at the leaf edges. The flowering panicles consisting of white flowers resembling Chinese privet (scientific name: Ligustrum lucidum) in the early summer. Trees are being planted as a street tree, used as a wood bat and equipment.

Common name: Griffith's Ash, Scientific name: Fraxinus griffithii, Other name: Taiwan sod (Taiwan platypoda), Origin: Okinawa, Taiwan, India and South East Asia, and environment: half-day shade is OK, Life: (semi)- evergreen tree, Height: 15-18 m, bark color: grayish-white, leaf color: green, leaf quality: gloss with, phyllotaxis: opposite, Leaf: odd pinnately compound leaves, leaf edge: waves, flowering: June-July The Star: panicles and flower color: white, flower diameter:0.5 cm, Fruiting period: August-September, fruit shape: spatula-shaped winged, fruit color: white, Use: trees, foliage plants and potted plants, Garden, wood is the utensils.


  • Order
    Lamiales
  • Family
    Oleaceae
  • Genus
    Fraxinus
  • Species
    F.griffithii
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cone / Compound inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Bell-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Odd pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Wavy
  • Life type (semi)-evergreen tree
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height1500.0 ~ 1800.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.5 ~ 0.5 cm

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