Fraxinus mandshurica trees generally grow to more than ten meters high, and their bark is grayish brown with longitudinal cracks. Its branches are yellowish brown and look rough. Some branches have no hair, others have some sparse long hair, and the lenticels on the bark are so small that they are almost invisible. Its leaves are pinnate, generally fifteen to twenty-five centimeters long, with straight axis and some shallow grooves on the leaves. They will have a layer of fluff when they grow up, and will disappear when they grow up.
Its inflorescence grows on the top or branches, usually eight to ten centimeters long, dioecious, with small male flowers and large female flowers. Its fruit is key-shaped, generally three or four centimeters long and five or six centimeters wide, with a wider upper part and a sharper lower end. Ash usually blooms from April to May and bears fruit from July to September.
The value of ash is very high: in the southwest of China, ash trees are often used to raise ash insects to produce ash, which is a major economic income of the local area; Fraxinus mandshurica is also very suitable for the greening and decoration of urban environment, because its growth ability is very strong, and it can grow normally in arid and barren places or slightly saline-alkali places.
And its tree shape is beautiful, and it is green all year round. It has few big branches, rich branchlets, smooth and slender leaves and is very beautiful. Therefore, it can add more green landscapes to towns and prolong the ecological benefits of trees, which is welcomed by people.
Fraxinus mandshurica also has a strong protective effect. Because of its fast growth and early germination, the city can enjoy the green environmental landscape in advance, thus realizing the protection benefit earlier. In addition, its tree shape is beautiful and generous, its branches are obviously shaped and its branches are neatly arranged, which also adds more unique scenery to the bustling city and improves the greening and beautification.
Because of its flexibility, ash can also be used to make various utensils, and bark has even stronger medicinal value. Because ash bark tastes bitter, astringent and cold, it can clear away heat and fire, and stop diarrhea. Gray leaves are warm, and menstruation can be adjusted to stop bleeding; Its flowers also have the magical effect of relieving cough and asthma.