Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl

A medium sized tree. It grows 20-30 m tall. The trunk us 1.5 m across. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is smooth and grey. It becomes cracked on old trees. The buds are pale brown. The leaves are in opposite pairs and are 15-25 cm long. There are 3-13 leaflets along the stalk. These are 3-8 cm long by 1.1.5 cm wide. The fruit is 3-4 cm long. The seed is 2 cm long. It has pale brown wings.

Mostly dryish rocky places in macchie, deciduous scrub or in pine and mixed forest; at elevations from 650-1,700 metres in Turkey. Broadleaved deciduous woodland habitats, preferring areas along rivers where flooding may occur

The fruit are used in a spice mixture.

Can be grown by graftings or seedlings.