Pan India Bouquets

Fraxinus floribunda Wall.

Family : Oleaceae
(Olive Or Jasmine Family)
Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
Synonym(s) : Ornus floribunda (Wall.) Sweet; Ornus urophylla G.Don
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fraxinus floribunda Wall.
Common name : Himalayan Ash
Vernacular name : Ash, Sanooh, Sunnu (Hindi); Lankuree (Nepali); Yavasasarkara (Sanskrit); Zo-zihnghal (Mizo)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest and roadsides; 900 - 2800 m. altitude
Key identification features : Leaflets with slender petiolules; rachis glabrous
Flower, Fruit : February-April
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Afghanistan to Nansei-shoto and Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 170; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 594-595
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Fraxinus floribunda. Downloaded on 7 December 2022.