Latin, Fraxinus acuminate, F. alba, F. Canadensis, F. Juglandi, F. Novae Angliae.
A large forest tree reaching a maximum height of about 130 feet,
leaflets 5 to 9, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong or slightly
obovate, stalked, entire or denticulate, dark green above, pale
or light-green beneath, 3 to 5 inches long, acuminate or acute
at the apex ; flowers, small, greenish, fasciculate or
racemose-fasciculate, appearing before the leaves or with the leaves,
from the axils of those of the previous season ; calyx, small, 4-cleft,
irregularly toothed or entire ; petals none, on 2 to 4 separate or
united in pairs at the base ; stamens 2, inserted on the base of the
petals or hypogynous ; ovules, 2 in each cavity of the ovary,
pendulous ; stigma 2-cleft ; fruit, a flat samara, winged at
the apex only, or all around usually 1-seeded; seeds oblong,
pendulous.
Found in :-
Nova Scotia to Florida, and west to Minnesota and Texas.
The inner bark.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Fresh inner bark containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 150 Cc. | = 250.
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Distilled water | 100 Cc.
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 683 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture, three parts distilled water, six parts alcohol.
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