Leaf: deciduous, petioled.
Inflorescence: panicle; flowers many.
Flower: white or purple; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5; filament tube 10--12-lobed at tip (lobes sometimes further divided), anthers 10--12; pistil surrounded by, +- = filament tube, ovary chambers 5--8, style +- as wide as ovary, stigma.
Species In Genus: +- 10 species: tropical Asia, Australia.
Etymology: (Greek: ash tree, from leaf shape)
Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock
Unabridged Reference: Miller 1990 J Arnold Arbor 71:453--486Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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