Common name
English: Narrow-leafed Ash
German: Schmalblättrige Esche
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Scrophulariales (79)
Family: Oleaceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Fraxinus (3)
Epithet: angustifolia Vahl (9)
Synonyms: Fraxinus dentata Tausch, Fraxinus elongatifolia Sennen, Fraxinus lentiscifolia Desf., Fraxinus mixta Bosc, Fraxinus obtusa Willk. & Lange, Fraxinus orientalis Colla, Fraxinus parviflora Ten., Fraxinus rostrata Guss., Fraxinus rotundifolia Mill., Fraxinus salicifolia Colla, Leptalix mixta (Bosc) Raf., Ornanthes parviflora (Ten.) Raf., Ornanthes rotundifolia (Mill.) Raf., Ornus rotundifolia (Mill.) Moench
angustifolia => with narrow leaves
dentata => toothed like saw teeth
elongatifolia => having elongated leaves
obtusa => blunt, rounded at the apex
orientalis => eastern
parviflora => small flowers
rostrata => beak-shaped, somewhat beaked
rotundifolia => referring to the rounded leaves
salicifolia => having leaves like Salix (Willow)
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: tree