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Chinese Ash
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Chinese Ash

Fraxinus chinensis

Fraxinus chinensis (Chinese ash, 白蜡树 or 秦皮) is a species of flowering trees. Its leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine for dysentery disorders.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Chinese Ash in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.21

Chinese Ash in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.60

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 537565.