Fraxinus mariesii Hook. f.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Fraxinus mariesii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/fraxinus/fraxinus-mariesii/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

Glossary

apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
axillary
Situated in an axil.
entire
With an unbroken margin.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
leaflet
Leaf-like segment of a compound leaf.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
section
(sect.) Subdivision of a genus.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Fraxinus mariesii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/fraxinus/fraxinus-mariesii/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

A small tree, forming a rounded, bushy head of branches, and apparently unlikely to be more than 15 to 20 ft high; branchlets and buds greyish, downy. Leaves 3 to 7 in. long, with three or five leaflets attached to the upper third of the main leaf-stalk, which is scurfy and purplish on the upper side, and has a swollen, dark purple base, leaflets oval or ovate, 1 to 312 in. long, 12 to 134 in. wide, the apex abruptly tapered, the base rounded or wedged-shaped; shallowly toothed or almost entire, dull green, glabrous; stalks of side leaflets 110 to 14 in. long, that of the terminal leaflet up to 34 in. long; all purple at the base. Flowers creamy white, in axillary and terminal panicles 3 to 6 in. long; produced in June. Fruits 12 to 114 in. long, 18 to 14 in. wide; very handsome in July, when they become deep purple.

Native of Central China; introduced by Maries for Messrs Veitch in 1878. Of the flowering ashes (section Ornus) this is the most ornamental, being very pretty both in flower and fruit. Being of slow growth and never of large size it is admirable for small gardens. It received an Award of Merit in 1962, when shown by Maurice Mason of Talbot Manor, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

From the Supplement (Vol. V)

See under F. sieboldiana in this supplement.