Fraxinus insularis

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Oleaceae}} {{Speciesbox | image = Fraxinus insularis - Mount Sanqing 2015.09.08 10-33-02.jpg | image_caption = Growing from a cliff. Note nameplate, which calls it retuse ash. | image2 = Fraxinus insularis - Mount Sanqing 2015.09.08 10-32-47.jpg | image2_caption = Foliage | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 January 2023">{{cite iucn |author=Oldfield, S. |date=2018 |title=''Fraxinus insularis'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T96443992A96443994 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T96443992A96443994.en |access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref> | genus = Fraxinus | species = insularis | authority = Hemsl. | synonyms_ref = <ref name=" POWO_609051-1" /> | synonyms = *''Fraxinus championii'' {{small|Little}} *''Fraxinus floribunda'' subsp. ''insularis'' {{small|(Hemsl.) S.S.Sun}} *''Fraxinus insularis'' var. ''henryana'' {{small|(Oliv.) Z.Wei}} *''Fraxinus retusa'' {{small|Champ. ex Benth.}} *''Fraxinus retusa'' var. ''integra'' {{small|Lingelsh.}} *''Fraxinus taiwaniana'' {{small|Masam.}} }}

'''''Fraxinus insularis''''', the '''Chinese flowering ash''' or '''island ash''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to central and southeastern China, Hainan, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and Yakushima, Japan.<ref name="POWO_609051-1" >{{cite POWO |id=609051-1 |title=''Fraxinus insularis'' Hemsl. |access-date=27 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://jcra.ncsu.edu/horticulture/our-plants/results-by-name-serial-number.php?serial=107100 |title=''Fraxinus insularis'' |author= |date=2022 |website=JC Raulston Arboretum |publisher=NC State University |access-date=27 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dawesarb.arboretumexplorer.org/taxon-22208.aspx |title=''Fraxinus insularis'' |author= |date=31 August 2022 |website=Arboretum Explorer |publisher=The Dawes Arboretum |access-date=27 September 2022 |quote=This species is being evaluated for resistance to Emerald Ash Borer. }}</ref> Its leaves produce a number of secoiridoid glucosides.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Four secoiridoid glucosides from ''Fraxinus insularis'' |year=1998 |last1=Tanahashi |first1=Takao |last2=Parida |last3=Takenaka |first3=Yukiko |last4=Nagakura |first4=Naotaka |last5=Inoue |first5=Kenichiro |last6=Kuwajima |first6=Hiroshi |last7=Chen |first7=Chen-Chang |journal=Phytochemistry |volume=49 |issue=5 |pages=1333–1337 |doi=10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00697-3 }}</ref>

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insularis Category:Flora of North-Central China Category:Flora of South-Central China Category:Flora of Southeast China Category:Flora of Hainan Category:Flora of Taiwan Category:Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Category:Flora of Japan Category:Plants described in 1889 Category:Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist)