Fraxinus ornus Manna Ash, Flowering Ash
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Fraxinus [FRAKS-in-us]
L. name for an Ash tree, probably from Gr. phrasso, to fence, the wood being useful
for fence-making
Species
ornus [OR-nus]
old L. name for Ash
Fraxinus ornus (manna ash or South European flowering ash) is a species of
Fraxinus native to southern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain and Italy north to
Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic, and east through the Balkans, Turkey, and
western Syria to Lebanon and Armenia.