Plant Details

Accepted name:: Fraxinus excelsior L. [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Fraxinus excelsior subsp. coriariifolia (Scheele) A.E.Murray

Fraxinus excelsior subsp. excelsior

Fraxinus excelsior subsp. siciliensis Ilardi & Raimondo

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ash	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ash leaf	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
ash tree	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ask	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
askblad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
askeblad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
black ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common ash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
es	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
esche	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
eschenblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
eschenrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
european ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
frassino	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
frassino foglia	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
fraxini cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fraxini folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fraxinus excelsior	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
freixo, folha	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
french ash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fresno	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fresno, hoja de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
frunză de frasin	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
frêne	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
frêne (feuille de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
frêne commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
frêne élevé	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gemeine esche	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gewöhnliche esche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jasanový list	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
jasen vysokij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jaseňový list	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
kőrisfa levél	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
lesān-ol-asāfeir	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
list velikega jesena	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
liść jesionu	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
oša lapas	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
polish ash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saareleht	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
saarni, lehti	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
sanooh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
slavonian ash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
van	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
weeping ash	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
zaban gonjeshk	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
zabān-gonjeshk	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
φύλλο mελίας (mελέγου ή φράξου)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
ясен, лист	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
زبان گنجشک	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لسان العصافير	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ون	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
folium		EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
bark, leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	dried leaf	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	dried leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf	Dried leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fraxinus excelsior var. communis Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 445 (1789), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fraxinus excelsior	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fraxinus excelsior L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Fraxinus spp., fol. (2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Fraxinus excelsior Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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