Fraxinus floribunda

European ash or common ash is in the olive or Oleaceae family and is native South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. It is known from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, the Ryukyu Islands, and parts of China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang). It is a medium-sized tree growing to 15 m tall.

• Leaves are opposite, pinnately compound, 15–30 cm long, with 7–9 leaflets 8-12 cm long and 2-4 cm across, thin, leathery, serrated margins, with coarsely serrated margins, elliptic.
• Flowers are white, with petals 3–4 mm long, in large branched clusters up to 25 cm across.
• Fruit is a samara 2.5–4.0 cm long and 3–4 mm broad, often hanging in bunches through the winter.
• Buds are brown.