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Chinese Ash
Fraxinus chinensis
Fraxinus chinensis, the Chinese ash, is a species of ash tree. Its leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine for dysentery disorders, and it can be used as cultivator of the white scale insects (Ericerus pela) for candle making.
Fraxinus chinensis is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 537565.