Fraxinus angustifolia
Fraxinus angustifolia
Ssp angustifolia: Sivri dişbudak; Ssp oxycarpa: Anadolu dişbudağı; Ssp syriaca: Suriye dişbudağı
Tree to 30 m. Bark finely and deeply reticulate-fissured; twigs and petioles glabrous; winter buds dark brown. Leaflets 1-7-paired, sessile, oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 6-8 x 1.5-2.5 cm, acuminate, cuneate and entire at base , usually sharply serrate , serrations 1-1 ½ x as many as lateral veins; glabrous on both sides or shortly villous along midrib beneath; rachis glabrous. Inflorescence a raceme, axillary, leafless, appearing before leaves. Calyx and corolla absent. Fruit variable, obovate-oblong to lanceolate, 2-4.5 x 0.6-1 cm, obtuse to acute.
1. Leaflets 7-13, ± shortly villous along the midrib beneath subsp. oxycarpa
1. Leaflets 3-13, glabrous on both sides
2. Leaflets 7-13 subsp. angustifolia
2. Leaflets 3-7, usually thicker and more glaucous subsp. syriaca
