Plant Details

Accepted name:: Fraxinus nigra Marshall [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
black ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
schwarz-esche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
svartask	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swamp ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
water ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fraxinus sambucifolia Lam. Encycl. 2: 549 (1788).
Calycomelia nigra (Marshall) Kostel. Ind. Hort. Bot. Prag.: 26 (1844).
Fraxinoides nigra (Marshall) Medik. Beytr. Pfl.-Anat.: 399 (1800).
Fraxinus americana var. nigra (Marshall) Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 110 (1770).
Fraxinus americana var. sambucifolia (Lam.) D.J.Browne Trees Amer.: 396 (1846).
Fraxinus nigra f. cucullata (G.Kirchn.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 409 (1903).
Fraxinus nigra var. cucullata G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 512 (1864).
Fraxinus nigra var. sambucifolia (Lam.) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 244 (1790).
Fraxinus sambucifolia var. cucullata (G.Kirchn.) Laurentius Nursery Cat. (Laurentius'schen Gärtnerei) 40: 7 (1868).
Leptalix nigra (Marshall) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 33 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fraxinus nigra	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Fraxinus nigra Marsh	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Fraxinus nigra Marsh.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Fraxinus nigra Marshall	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Fraxinus sambucifolia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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