Oleaceae

Shamel ash

Fraxinus uhdei (Wenz.) Lingelsh.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus

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Shamel ash: Urapán — Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: مران شامل
arz: مران شامل
Chinese: 墨西哥梣
English: Shamel ash, Ash, Tropical ash
Hebrew: מילה ירוקת עד

Synonyms

Fraxinus americana f. ovalifolia Wenz.
Fraxinus americana f. ovalifolia Wenz.
Fraxinus americana var. uhdei Wenz.
Fraxinus cavekiana Standl. & Steyerm.
Fraxinus chiapensis Lundell
Fraxinus hondurensis Standl.
Fraxinus ovalifolia (Wenz.) Lingelsh.
Fraxinus uhdei var. pseudoperiptera Lingelsh.
Fraxinus uhdei var. typica Lingelsh.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.