• Common name: Common ash.
• Scientific name: Fraxinus excelsior;
• Honorary Doctorate: Fernando Álvarez de Miranda (October 4, 1999)

ORIGIN: Europe (from Northern Spain to Russia).

CHARACTERISTICS:

• Large, fast-growing deciduous tree.

INTERESTING FACTS:

• Used for restoring disturbed land and riverbanks.
• Included in the catalogs of protected and threatened flora of Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid.

USES:

• INDUSTRIAL: Its wood is used in cabinetmaking, carpentry, and woodturning. It is also good as firewood.
• MEDICINAL: Its leaves and bark are used as an anti-inflammatory, laxative, and diuretic remedy.
• ORNAMENTAL: Valued for its beautiful form and rapid growth, providing ample shade.